Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A commandment.
- noun The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
- noun 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.
- noun [capitalized] The office appointed to be read during the ceremony of feet-washing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
- noun The ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday.
- noun The alms distributed in connection with this ceremony or on Maundy Thursday.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
commandment . - noun obsolete The
sacrament of theLord 'ssupper . - noun The ceremony of
washing thefeet ofpoor persons orinferiors , performed as areligious rite onMaundy Thursday in commemoration ofChrist 's washing thedisciples ' feet at theLast Supper . - noun The
office appointed to be read during the ceremony of feet-washing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money
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The word maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum (commandment) which is the first word of the Gospel acclamation:
Catholic Fire Jean M. Heimann 2010
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The word maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum (commandment) which is the first word of the Gospel acclamation:
Catholic Fire Jean M. Heimann 2010
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The word maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum (commandment) which is the first word of the Gospel acclamation:
ProLifeBlogs 2009
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The English word "maundy" is derived from the Latin word mandatum, which is the Vulgate's translation of Jesus 'words in John 13: 34: "A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another."
ABP News 2009
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In case I die it would be a karmic accident sent here on earth for my forefathers sins to repent maundy thursday stations of the cross the holy month of lent desolate dissolute man he came he saw his death he need not invent an accident god sent hopes as large as mansions trying to fit in a tattered and torn tent silent scriptures bleeding sorrow
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Thus the term Mandatum maundy was applied to the rite of the feet-washing on this day.
Holy Thursday in the Home Jennifer Gregory Miller 2009
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Thus the term Mandatum maundy was applied to the rite of the feet-washing on this day.
Archive 2009-04-01 Eileen 2009
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That was very maundy of you to share that with your fellow commenters.
"Ivan Karamazov said that if God does not exist everything is permitted..." Ann Althouse 2009
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And there is a part of the table that he made his supper on, when he made his maundy with his disciples, when he gave them his flesh and his blood in form of bread and wine.
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Just wait to see me on Maundy Thursday, when I get all maundy.
Today is Grey Tuesday yendi 2004
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