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Christmass
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English
Proper noun
en Christmas.
en 1687 Increaſe Mather Increase Mather Againſt profane Chriſt-maſs-keeping. A Testimony Against ſeveral Prophane and Superſtitious Customs, Now Practiſed by ſome in New England, The Evil whereof is evinced from the Holy Scriptures, and from the Writings both of Ancient and Modern Divines. https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_a-testimony-against-seve_mather-increase_1687/ London 1203740377 18 https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_a-testimony-against-seve_mather-increase_1687/page/(22)/ In the pure Apostolical times there was no Chriſt-maſs day observed in the Church of God.