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LAMMAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lammas mean?
• LAMMAS (noun)
The noun LAMMAS has 1 sense:
1. commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
Familiarity information: LAMMAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
August 1; Lammas; Lammas Day
Hypernyms ("Lammas" is a kind of...):
quarter day (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)
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