幼よう児じ虐ぎゃく殺さつ

noun

Massacre of the Innocents

Refers specifically to the biblical account in Matthew 2:16–18 where King Herod orders the killing of male infants in Bethlehem. Used in Christian contexts and art history.

• マタイによる福ふく音いん書しょには幼よう児じ虐ぎゃく殺さつの話はなしが記しるされている。

  The Gospel of Matthew records the story of the Massacre of the Innocents.