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Lam⋅mas

  [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.
Also called Lammas Day.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME Lammesse, OE hlāmmæsse, hlāfmæsse. See loaf, -mas
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Lammas 
"Aug. 1 harvest festival with consecration of loaves," O.E. hlafmæsse, lit. "loaf mass," from hlaf (see loaf) + mæsse (see mass).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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