maundy

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The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the last supper
The office appointed to be read during the ceremony of feet-washing
The sacrament of the Lord's supper
A commandment
a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money
The alms distributed in connection with this ceremony or on Maundy Thursday
The ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday
The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christs washing the disciples feet at the last supper
The sacrament of the Lords supper
{i} ritual of washing the feet on Thursday during the Holy Week (in memory of the Last Supper of Jesus and the washing of the Disciples' feet on that day - in Christianity)
Maundy Thursday
The Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper
Maundy money
A special coinage given to the deserving poor in a religious ceremony performed by Anglicans on Maundy Thursday
maundy-thursday
{n} Thursday before Easter
Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter Sunday. the Thursday before Easter (maundy , from mandé, from mandatum )
Maundy money
specially made coins given each year to poor people by the British queen or king in a traditional ceremony on Maundy Thursday, which is the Thursday before Easter
maundy coins
2d
maundy coins
Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d
maundy coins
struck annually for the Maundy alms
maundy coins
and 4d
maundy coins
3d
maundy money
specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday
maundy thursday
The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday
maundy

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    maun·dy

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    Etymology

    [ 'mon-dE-, 'män- ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English maunde ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday, from Old French mandé, from Latin mandatum command; from Jesus' words in John 13:34; more at MANDATE.
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