FLIGHT INTO EGYPT, THE


Meaning of FLIGHT INTO EGYPT, THE in English

ˌFlight into ˈEgypt, the BrE AmE

a story in the Bible in which Joseph, Mary, and the baby Jesus ran away to Egypt to escape from King Herod, who had ordered all male babies to be killed ⇨ ↑ Massacre of the Innocents , ↑ Slaughter of the Innocents

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.