Lammas
a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed.
a festival (Feast of St. Peter's Chains ) observed by Roman Catholics on August 1, in memory of St. Peter's imprisonment and his miraculous deliverance.
Origin of Lammas
1- Also called Lammas Day .
Words Nearby Lammas
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How to use Lammas in a sentence
If you time your visit between Maunday and Lammas, you obtain fourteen thousand years' pardon.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan MeyerThe red and white Lammas, and the Cape or bearded wheat, are the species generally cultivated.
The Lammas meadows are divided into strips like the arable land for the purpose of the hay crop.
The English Village Community | Frederic SeebohmGrass-yrth may be the gafol for the share in the Lammas meadows, and the gafol-yrth for the arable in the yard-land.
The English Village Community | Frederic SeebohmThese open arable fields were originally divided off from the village by a stretch of Lammas land.
The English Village Community | Frederic Seebohm
British Dictionary definitions for Lammas
/ (ˈlæməs) /
RC Church Aug 1, held as a feast, commemorating St Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison
Also called: Lammas Day the same day formerly observed in England as a harvest festival. In Scotland Lammas is a quarter day
Origin of Lammas
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