Lammas
noun
- a harvest festival formerly held in England on Aug. 1, when bread baked from the first crop of wheat was consecrated at Mass
- this day () or this time () of the year
See Lammas in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(lămˈəs)
nouna. 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.
- August 1, the day on which these feasts were celebrated.
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