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Lammas (n.)
Aug. 1 harvest festival with consecration of loaves, Old English
hlafmæsse
, literally "loaf mass," from
hlaf
(see
loaf
(n.)) +
mæsse
(see
mass
(n.2)). Altered by influence of
lamb
and from late 15c.-17c. occasionally spelled
lambmas
.
