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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.
Also called Lammas Day.
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