lammas

• اسم يشير إلى عيد أو يوم ربعي مخصص للذكرى المعجزة لتحرير القديس بطرس من السجن، ويُحتفل به كعيد للحصاد في إنجلترا وكيوم ربعي في اسكتلندا.

A noun referring to a festival or quarter day that commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison, observed as a harvest festival in England and a quarter day in Scotland.

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1. Harvest festivalC1formalbritish

   A traditional Christian festival celebrated on August 1st, marking the beginning of the harvest season and often associated with the blessing of the first loaves of bread made from the new crop.

   عيد الحصاد

   • The village held a Lammas fair to celebrate the harvest.
   • Farmers would bring the first wheat to church for Lammas.
   • Lammas Day was traditionally a quarter day in Scotland.

   المرادفاتlammas day

2. C1formalbritish

   One of the four quarter days in Scotland, falling on August 1st, historically used for settling debts and hiring servants.

   لمّاس

   • Rent was due on Lammas, as it was a quarter day.
   • The contract was signed to begin at Lammas.
   • Lammas was one of the days when servants were hired for the year.