lammas

• Nom désignant la fête ou le jour de terme (quarter day) commémorant la libération miraculeuse de saint Pierre de prison, célébrée comme fête des moissons en Angleterre et comme jour de terme en Écosse.

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.

indénombrable · nom propre

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.

   Lammas (fête des moissons)

   • 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.

   Synonymeslammas day

2. C1formalbritish

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

   Lammas (fête du 1er août)

   • 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.