Definitions for Lammas
ˈlæm əslam·mas

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lammas, Lammas Day, August 1noun

   commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lammasnoun

   (England) former festival held on 1st August celebrating the harvest.

2. Lammasnoun

   1st August, a quarter day

3. Lammasnoun

   A modern pagan festival celebrated in early August celebrating the start of the grain harvest.

4. Etymology: from Old English hlafmæsse (loaf mass, harvest festival)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lammasnoun

   The first of August.

   Etymology: This word is said by Nathan Bailey, I know not on what authority, to be derived from a custom, by which the tenants of the archbishop of York were obliged, at the time of mass, on the first of August, to bring a lamb to the altar. In Scotland they are said to wean lambs on this day. It may else be corrupted from lattermath.

   In 1578 was that famous lammas day, which buried the reputation of Don John of Austria. Francis Bacon.

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1. Lammas

   Lammas Day (Anglo-Saxon hlaf-mas, "loaf-mass"), also known as Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August. The name originates from the word "loaf" in reference to bread and "Mass" in reference to the Eucharist. It is a festival in the liturgical calendar to mark the blessing of the First Fruits of harvest, with a loaf of bread being brought to the church for this purpose.On Loaf Mass Day, it is customary to bring to a Christian church a loaf made from the new crop, which began to be harvested at Lammastide, which falls at the halfway point between the summer solstice and autumn September equinox. Christians also have church processions to bakeries, where those working therein are blessed by Christian clergy.Lammas has coincided with the feast of St. Peter in Chains, commemorating St. Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison, but in the liturgical reform of 1969 the feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori was transferred to this day, the day of St. Alphonsus' death. While Loaf Mass Day is traditionally a Christian holy day, Lughnasadh is celebrated by Neopagans around the same time.

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1. lammas

   Lammas is a traditional harvest festival celebrated on August 1st in several English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, marking the beginning of the harvest season. This Christian festival can be traced back to pagan times, celebrating the annual wheat harvest. The term "Lammas" itself comes from the Old English phrase "hlaf-maesse", meaning "loaf mass". Traditionally, loaves of bread were baked from the first grain harvest and brought to the church to be blessed.

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1. Lammasnoun

   the first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide

2. Etymology: [AS. hlmmesse, hlfmsse, loaf mass, bread feast, or feast of first fruits; hlf loaf + msse mass. See Loaf, and Mass religious service.]

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1. Lammas

   In some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, August 1 is Lammas Day, the festival of the wheat harvest, and is the first harvest festival of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop, which began to be harvested at Lammastide. The loaf was blessed, and in Anglo-Saxon England it might be employed afterwards to work magic: A book of Anglo-Saxon charms directed that the lammas bread be broken into four bits, which were to be placed at the four corners of the barn, to protect the garnered grain. In many parts of England, tenants were bound to present freshly harvested wheat to their landlords on or before the first day of August. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it is referred to regularly, it is called "the feast of first fruits". The blessing of first fruits was performed annually in both the Eastern and Western Churches on the first or the sixth of August. Lammas coincides with the feast of St. Peter in Chains, commemorating St. Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lammas

   lam′as, n. the feast of first-fruits on 1st August.—n. Lamm′as-tide, Lammas-day, 1st August. [A.S. hláf-mæsse and hlammæsse—hláf, loaf, mæsse, feast.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lammas in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lammas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Lammas
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lammas
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Lammas
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammas
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lammas
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Lammas
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Lammas