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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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CHILDERMAS DAY

An old English name for the feast of the Holy Innocents, December 28. It is a Catholic custom for parents to formally bless their children on this day.

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Tuesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

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Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates: —St. Ursula, virgin and martyr and companions (d. 238). In medieval times her legend developed into many versions; but all that may be said with certainty of these martyrs is that they suffered martyrdom at or near Cologne, and were sufficiently well…

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