\Tham"muz\, Tammuz \Tam"muz\, n. [Heb. thamm[=u]z.]
1. A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the
   Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity
   has been conjectured to be the same with the Ph[oe]nician
   Adon, or Adonis. --Milton.
2. The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, --
   supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.