crèche

The group of babies is called a crèche.

From NewsForKids.net ● May 7, 2024

Ms Collinson said the crèche bill came to £1,300 a month and, considering the average income in Northern Ireland is about £1,900, it was a significant amount.

From BBC ● May 10, 2023

ACLU, in which the Supreme Court held that the Constitution’s establishment clause barred the displays of a crèche and the Ten Commandments in county courthouses.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2022

Gazing at the crèche, Maria Letizia Panerai, 58, said the ceramic figures were just what she was looking for in a manger scene.

From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2020

Judith is waiting for us back at the crèche.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

“I’ve seen crèches up to 35 and 50 often, but 70 — that would be a very big crèche,” he told the New York Times.

From NewsForKids.net ● May 7, 2024

It is her description of the nativity scene that has been adapted by most Renaissance artists, and appears today in the countless crèches that abound the world over.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2016

France’s pro-natalist policies, historically inspired by the need to breed soldiers to keep Germany at bay, guarantee Scandinavian levels of spending on family benefits and crèches.

From Economist ● May 26, 2016

There’s a reference to “the goon from the Stasi,” to crèches “heaving with lush lice” and to “posed, high,/pelvic bridges.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2014

At Marseilles an annual fair of statuettes is held, the profits of which are spent in setting up Bethlehem crèches in the churches and other places.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis