lammas

/'læməs/

Thân thiện

A family celebrates the lammas harvest festival with freshly baked bread.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A Christian feast day: Lammas is a traditional Christian festival observed on August 1st, historically to give thanks for the first harvest of the wheat crop.
   • A quarter day in Scotland: In Scotland, Lammas is one of the four traditional quarter days, marking a term for rents and contracts.
   • A historical commemoration: The name is sometimes associated with commemorating Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison, though this is a less common interpretation.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The village celebrated Lammas with a feast of bread made from the new wheat.
  • Rent was traditionally due at Lammas in many parts of Scotland.
  • The church service on Lammas Day included prayers of thanksgiving.

Advanced Usage

• "Latter Lammas": An idiomatic expression meaning a day that will never come, similar to "when pigs fly."
  • He promised to pay me back at Latter Lammas. (He promised to pay me back on a day that will never arrive.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lammastide (n): The season or time around Lammas.
  • During Lammastide, many medieval fairs were held.

Synonyms

• Harvest festival: A celebration of the harvest.
• Quarter day: A day marking a quarter of the year, often for financial settlements.

Related Idioms

• At Latter Lammas: On an indefinite or non-existent future date.
  • You'll get your money at Latter Lammas!

Học thuật

Noun

1. commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Lammas
• Lammas Day
• August 1