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Noun

1. august 1, lammas, lammas day

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lammas

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noun
1. Roman Catholic Church
Aug 1, held as a feast, commemorating St Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison
2. Also called: Lammas Day
the same day formerly observed in England as a harvest festival. In Scotland Lammas is a quarter day

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Lammas

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noun
1. 
a harvest festival formerly held in England on Aug. 1, when bread baked from the first crop of wheat was consecrated at Mass
2. 
this day (Lammas Day) or this time (ˈLammasˌtide) of the year

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lammas

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n.
1.
a. A Christian 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 Christian feast formerly celebrated in commemoration of Saint Peter's deliverance from prison.
2. August 1, the day on which these feasts were celebrated.

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