Look up: lammas

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   Lammas
   Pagan Sabbat celebrated on or around August 1st. Also known as Lughnasadh, August Eve, Feast of Bread. Lammas marks the first harvest, when the fruits of the Earth are harvested and the God weakens as the days begin to grow shorter with winter`s approach. One of the four Grand Sabbats.
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   Lammas
   [n] - commemorates Saint Peter`s miraculous deliverance from prison
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   Lammas
   Medieval festival of harvest, celebrated 1 August. At one time it was an English quarter day (date for payment of quarterly rates or dues). ...
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   lammas
   Annual shoot that is formed after a summer pause in growth. Category: Botany and zoology • the part of an annual shoot that is formed after a summer pause in growth Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Lammas
   Lam'mas noun [ Anglo-Saxon hlāmmesse , hlāfmæsse , loaf mass, bread feast, or feast of first fruits; hlāf loaf + mæsse mass. See Loaf , and Mass religious service.] The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day , and Lammastide .
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   Lammas
   Lammas Day noun commemorates Saint Peter`s miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
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   Lammas
   In English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, August 1 is `Lammas Day` (loaf-mass day), the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop. 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 `th...
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   Lammas
   • (n.) The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.
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