Lammas (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed.
  2. 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.
noun
  1. Aug 1, held as a feast, commemorating St Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison
  2. the same day formerly observed in England as a harvest festival. In Scotland Lammas is a quarter day
Lammas (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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