Childermasn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪldəmas/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪldərˌmæs/

Forms:

α. Old English Cilda-mæssæ, Old English Cilda-mæsse, Old English Cylda-mæsse.

β. Middle English Childerne masse, Middle English Children masse.

γ. Middle English Childremasse, Middle English Chyldermesse, Middle English Chyldyrmas, Middle English–1500s Chyldermasse, Middle English–1600s Childermasse, Middle English– Childermas, 1500s Childermase, 1500s Childermesse, 1600s– Childermass, 1800s– Chillermas (English regional (Somerset)), 1900s– Childremas (historical).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: child n., mass n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive plural of child n. (see Forms 2b and discussion at that entry) + mass n.¹In early use apparently only attested in Childermas day ; compare mass-day n. Independent use of the plural of cild child n. with reference to the Holy Innocents is occasionally found in Old English. In early use sometimes written as two words. (Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.)

Now chiefly archaic and historical.

I. Compounds.

1. Childermas day.

a. The festival of the Holy Innocents (28 December), commemorating the massacre of the male children of Bethlehem by Herod (Matthew 2:16).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Innocents' Day (28 December) > [noun]

Childermas dayOE

(Holy) Innocents' Day1549

Childermas1625

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 963 Her forðferde Wulfstan diacon on cilda mæssedæge.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) ii. 13 (rubric) Ðys godspel sceal on cyldamæsse dæg.

c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1997 Amorwe, a Childerne masse dai.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 49 Þe legende þat is i-rad a children masse day.

c1450 (?a1300) Stations of Rome (Calig.) l. 119 On chyldermasse day yn cristemasse.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Les Innocens, as le jour des Innocens, childermas day at christmasse.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 32 That proues as ominous to the fisherman, as the beginning a voyage on the day when Childermas day fell, doth to the Mariner.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. vi. 13 in Wks. II Hold thy hand, childe of wrath..make it not Childermasse day in thy fury.

1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xxv. 166/1 The Children every Childermas Day to go to Paul's Church.

1953 J. C. Marsh-Edwards in Catholic Times 24 Dec. 5/4 The Boy-Bishop of Childremas [sic] Day.

b. The day of the week corresponding to the day on which the festival of the Holy Innocents falls, considered to be unlucky throughout the following year (cf. quot. 1625 at sense 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > fact of being inauspicious > unlucky or inauspicious day

Childermas day1711

black-letter day1757

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Innocents' Day (28 December) > [noun] > day commemorating

Childermas day1711

1711 J. Addison Spectator 8 Mar. No. 7. A little Boy..told her, that he was to go into Join-hand on Thursday... No Child,..you shall not begin upon Childermas-day; tell your Writing-Master that Friday will be soon enough.

1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 45 Friday and Childermas-day are too cross Days in the Week, and it is impossible to have good Luck on either of them.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) V. vi. 128 That the day of the week, on which mass was annually performed in honour of these children, thence called Childermass day, was an unlucky one throughout the year.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 27 No important affair is taken in hand on Childermas day, and the sailors are heedful not to leave their port in the way of beginning a voyage under any consideration.

2001 J. McGowan Echoes Savage Land (2006) ix. 284 It is said that Dean Swift kept Friday and what he called Childermas Day as ‘two cross days in the week, and it is impossible to have good luck in either of them’.

2. Childermas-tide: the period around Childermas day. rare.

ΚΠ

1828 T. Forster Circle of Seasons 363 (heading) Childermas tide.

1852 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. ix. 220 At Childermas-tide.

1922 E. Power Medieval Eng. Nunneries vii. 312 They should not be continued during the whole octave of Childermas-tide.

II. Simple uses.

3. = sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Innocents' Day (28 December) > [noun]

Childermas dayOE

(Holy) Innocents' Day1549

Childermas1625

1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Unbeliefe i. xviii. 158 The scrupulosities of many olde women to beginne any worke of their vocation, vpon the same day of the weeke on which the feast of Innocents, or Childermas, (as they tearme it) did fall the yeare before.

1731 Hyp i. 11 This sad Catastrophe befel, Of all the Year upon the Day, Unlucky Childermas bore sway.

1889 Letts's Diary 28 Dec. Innocents' Day, Childermas.

1986 J. Bogle Bk. of Feasts & Seasons 31/2 On Holy Innocents Day—Childermas—we think of the babies slaughtered by Herod in his attempt to kill the Christ Child.

2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 11 Dec. 2 A thoroughly engaging novel in its own right. Just the thing for the dark days between Childermas and the New Year.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	childermas
释义	Childermasn. Brit. /ˈtʃɪldəmas/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪldərˌmæs/ Forms: α. Old English Cilda-mæssæ, Old English Cilda-mæsse, Old English Cylda-mæsse. β. Middle English Childerne masse, Middle English Children masse. γ. Middle English Childremasse, Middle English Chyldermesse, Middle English Chyldyrmas, Middle English–1500s Chyldermasse, Middle English–1600s Childermasse, Middle English– Childermas, 1500s Childermase, 1500s Childermesse, 1600s– Childermass, 1800s– Chillermas (English regional (Somerset)), 1900s– Childremas (historical). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: child n., mass n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive plural of child n. (see Forms 2b and discussion at that entry) + mass n.¹In early use apparently only attested in Childermas day ; compare mass-day n. Independent use of the plural of cild child n. with reference to the Holy Innocents is occasionally found in Old English. In early use sometimes written as two words. (Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.) Now chiefly archaic and historical. I. Compounds. 1. Childermas day. a. The festival of the Holy Innocents (28 December), commemorating the massacre of the male children of Bethlehem by Herod (Matthew 2:16). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Innocents' Day (28 December) > [noun] Childermas dayOE (Holy) Innocents' Day1549 Childermas1625 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 963 Her forðferde Wulfstan diacon on cilda mæssedæge. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) ii. 13 (rubric) Ðys godspel sceal on cyldamæsse dæg. c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1997 Amorwe, a Childerne masse dai. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 49 Þe legende þat is i-rad a children masse day. c1450 (?a1300) Stations of Rome (Calig.) l. 119 On chyldermasse day yn cristemasse. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Les Innocens, as le jour des Innocens, childermas day at christmasse. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 32 That proues as ominous to the fisherman, as the beginning a voyage on the day when Childermas day fell, doth to the Mariner. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. vi. 13 in Wks. II Hold thy hand, childe of wrath..make it not Childermasse day in thy fury. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xxv. 166/1 The Children every Childermas Day to go to Paul's Church. 1953 J. C. Marsh-Edwards in Catholic Times 24 Dec. 5/4 The Boy-Bishop of Childremas [sic] Day. b. The day of the week corresponding to the day on which the festival of the Holy Innocents falls, considered to be unlucky throughout the following year (cf. quot. 1625 at sense 3). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > fact of being inauspicious > unlucky or inauspicious day Childermas day1711 black-letter day1757 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Innocents' Day (28 December) > [noun] > day commemorating Childermas day1711 1711 J. Addison Spectator 8 Mar. No. 7. A little Boy..told her, that he was to go into Join-hand on Thursday... No Child,..you shall not begin upon Childermas-day; tell your Writing-Master that Friday will be soon enough. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 45 Friday and Childermas-day are too cross Days in the Week, and it is impossible to have good Luck on either of them. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) V. vi. 128 That the day of the week, on which mass was annually performed in honour of these children, thence called Childermass day, was an unlucky one throughout the year. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 27 No important affair is taken in hand on Childermas day, and the sailors are heedful not to leave their port in the way of beginning a voyage under any consideration. 2001 J. McGowan Echoes Savage Land (2006) ix. 284 It is said that Dean Swift kept Friday and what he called Childermas Day as ‘two cross days in the week, and it is impossible to have good luck in either of them’. 2. Childermas-tide: the period around Childermas day. rare. ΚΠ 1828 T. Forster Circle of Seasons 363 (heading) Childermas tide. 1852 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. ix. 220 At Childermas-tide. 1922 E. Power Medieval Eng. Nunneries vii. 312 They should not be continued during the whole octave of Childermas-tide. II. Simple uses. 3. = sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Innocents' Day (28 December) > [noun] Childermas dayOE (Holy) Innocents' Day1549 Childermas1625 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Unbeliefe i. xviii. 158 The scrupulosities of many olde women to beginne any worke of their vocation, vpon the same day of the weeke on which the feast of Innocents, or Childermas, (as they tearme it) did fall the yeare before. 1731 Hyp i. 11 This sad Catastrophe befel, Of all the Year upon the Day, Unlucky Childermas bore sway. 1889 Letts's Diary 28 Dec. Innocents' Day, Childermas. 1986 J. Bogle Bk. of Feasts & Seasons 31/2 On Holy Innocents Day—Childermas—we think of the babies slaughtered by Herod in his attempt to kill the Christ Child. 2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 11 Dec. 2 A thoroughly engaging novel in its own right. Just the thing for the dark days between Childermas and the New Year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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