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ALL meanings of lammas

Lam·mas
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  • noun lammas a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed. 1
  • noun lammas 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. 1
  • noun lammas Aug 1, held as a feast, commemorating St Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison 0
  • noun lammas the same day formerly observed in England as a harvest festival. In Scotland Lammas is a quarter day 0
  • noun lammas a harvest festival formerly held in England on Aug. 1, when bread baked from the first crop of wheat was consecrated at Mass 0
  • noun lammas this day (Lammas Day) or this time (ˈLammasˌtide) of the year 0
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