Lammas

[ lam-uhs ]

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.

Lammas

/ ˈlæməs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lammas¹

before 900; Middle English Lammesse, Old English hlāmmæsse, hlāfmæsse. See loaf ¹, Mass

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lammas¹

Old English hlāfmæsse loaf mass

Example Sentences

Lafferty then got up and ran towards Lammas Road, discarding his makeshift mask on to the pavement.

From BBC

Lammas, which falls on Aug. 1, is the least known today.

From Washington Post

Hudson Pacific owns 15 million square feet of offices for rent in the West, including buildings in Vancouver, Canada, that have returned to about 20% occupancy, President Mark Lammas said.

From Los Angeles Times

One thing I did know from hard experience: a master's promise to a prentice is likely to be redeemed only at the last Lammas, as they say—which is to say never.

From Literature

John Lammas, the 56-year-old vice president for power generation engineering, started his working career 40 years ago, on the shop floor of a Rolls-Royce jet engine factory in Birmingham, England.

From New York Times