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Pronunciation: [lˈaməz] (IPA)

Lammas is a traditional harvest festival celebrated on August 1st every year. It is also known as Lughnasadh, which is derived from the name of the Celtic Sun God, Lugh. Lammas signifies the beginning of the harvest season, and it is a time to give thanks for the abundance of food and crops. Other synonyms for Lammas include First Harvest, Bread Harvest, August Eve, and Feast of Bread. In other cultures, this holiday is celebrated as the Blessed Feast of the Sea and the Feast of the Dead. Regardless of what it's called, Lammas is a time to appreciate nature's bounty and reconnect with the earth.

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Usage examples for Lammas

Neither are the songs, that are made of them, both one; for the Scots song made of Otterbourne, telleth the time, about lammas; and also the occasion, to take preys out of England; also the dividing the armies betwixt the earls of Fife and Douglas, and their several journeys, almost as in the authentic history.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
It was lammas Day when I saw him, and he spoke much of it."
"By What Authority?"
Robert Hugh Benson
The word "lammas" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word hlafmaesse, hlaf meaning a loaf, and maesse meaning "mass."
"The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia"
William James Miller

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