Definition of Lammastide. Meaning of Lammastide. Synonyms of Lammastide

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Definition of Lammastide

Lammastide
Lammas Lam"mas, n. [AS. hl[=a]mmesse, hl[=a]fm[ae]sse, loaf mass, bread feast, or feast of first fruits; hl[=a]f loaf + m[ae]sse mass. See Loaf, and Mass religious service.] The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.

Meaning of Lammastide from wikipedia

- harvest, with a loaf of bread being brought to the church for this purpose. Lammastide falls at the halfway point between the summer solstice and the autumn...
- as the feast of John the Baptist) and another Quarter Day. 1 August: Lammastide, or Lammas Day. Traditionally, the first day of August, in which it was...
- sacrifice of a pure maiden, planned for the next night, in occasion of Lammastide. The place of sacrifice is to be kept spiritually clean or the power of...
- 'telling tales'. She tells Hartright of a ghost of a woman in all white (“Lammastide”). Hartright goes to the graveyard where the child saw the 'ghost' and...
- College (which continued). He was ordered to quit his college role at Lammastide. In 1621, he translated to St Machar's Cathedral in place of David Rait...
- the Kennedys of Carrick and the Craufurds of Kyle. Three days before Lammastide, namely 29 July, Gilbert Kennedy came to Kerse Castle and informed the...
- the Kennedys of Carrick and the Craufurds of Kyle. Three days before Lammastide, namely 29 July, Gilbert Kennedy came to Kerse Castle and informed the...