Bible Dictionaries
Lammas Day

The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Lambeth Conference

Next Entry
Last Things, the Four

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Lammas Day
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Lammas Day
• Day, Lammas
Encyclopedias
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Lammas-Day
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Lammas Day

The old name given to the first day of August because on that day in Anglo-Saxon times it was the custom to bring into the Church offerings in kind, loaves, representing the first-fruits, of the harvest. The word "Lammas" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word hlafmaesse, hlaf meaning a loaf, and maesse meaning "mass." As the first of August in old Calendars was the Feast of St. Peter-in-chains, it is also supposed that Lammas is an abbreviation of Vincula Mass, or the Feast of St. Peter ad vincula in commemoration of his deliverance from chains.