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Lammas

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Lam·mas  (lms)
n.
1.
a. A feast formerly celebrated in England, during which bread from the season's first wheat was consecrated at Mass in thanksgiving for the harvest.
b. A feast formerly celebrated in commemoration of Saint Peter's deliverance from prison.
2. August 1, the day on which these feasts were celebrated.
[Middle English Lammasse, from Old English hlfmæsse : hlf, loaf + mæsse, Mass; see Mass.]
Lammas
Noun
August 1, formerly observed in England as a harvest festival: a quarter day in Scotland [Old English hlāfmæsse loaf mass]
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Noun1.LammasLammas - commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
August 1, Lammas Day
quarter day - a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due


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