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Lammas

[ lam-uhs ]
/ ˈlæm əs /

noun

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.

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Also called Lammas Day .

Origin of Lammas

before 900; Middle English Lammesse, Old English hlāmmæsse, hlāfmæsse. See loaf1, Mass

Words nearby Lammas

laminous, La Mirada, lamister, lamium, lamivudine, Lammas, Lammastide, lammergeier, Lamont, L'Amour, Lamoureux
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British Dictionary definitions for Lammas

Lammas
/ (ˈlæməs) /

noun

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

Word Origin for Lammas

Old English hlāfmæsse loaf mass
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