noun
Meaning 1
A commandment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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maundy
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UK: /ˈmɔːn.di/
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Canada, US: /ˈmɑn.di/
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Australian: /ˈmoːn.di/
noun
Meaning 2
The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Meaning 4
The office appointed to be read during the religious ceremony of foot-washing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Meaning 5
a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
History
Etymology
From Middle English maundee, maunde, from Old French mandée (“mandated”), from Latin mandatum (“commandment”). Doublet of mandate. The word came to refer to the foot-washing ceremony performed on Thursday before Easter because of the phrase used by Jesus to explain his act of foot-washing, which in the Latin Vulgate begins: Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem ..., i.e. "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another ..." (John 13:34).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: voetwassing — ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors
- Middle English: maunde — ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors
- Portuguese: lava-pés — ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors
- Spanish: lavatorio — ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors
- Spanish: mandato — ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors