English Dictionary

Massacre of the Innocents

固有名詞

イギリス英語 ユーモラス文体

(Christianity) The incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.

日本語の意味

マタイによる福音書に記載される、幼子虐殺事件。ヘロデ大王が、ベツレヘム周辺で2歳以下の男児を全て殺害するよう命じた事件を指す。

Historians and theologians still debate the historicity of the Massacre of the Innocents as described in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew.

歴史家や神学者は今も、マタイの誕生物語に記されている、ヘロデ大王がベツレヘム近郊の満2歳以下の男子児をすべて処刑するよう命じた出来事（いわゆる幼児虐殺）の史実性について議論を続けている。

意味（1）

(Christianity) The incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.

意味（2）

(UK, politics, humorous) The abandonment of potentially useful measures at the end of a session in the House of Commons, since there is no time to pass them.

the Massacre of the Innocents （ canonical ）