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 Definitions of lammas  [ˈlæm əs]  

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Definition of 'lammas' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Lammas
a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME Lammesse, OE hlāmmæsse, hlāfmæsse. See loaf1, mass2)

Definition of 'lammas' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Lammas, Lammas Day, August 1
commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England


Definition of 'lammas' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) lammas
the first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide



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