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Cleansing rite associated with Easter
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maundy
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maundy \Maun"dy\, n. [See Maundy Thursday .] The sacrament of the Lord's Supper. [Obs.] The ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday. The alms distributed in connection with this ceremony or on Maundy Thursday. Note: In England, ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A commandment. 2 (context obsolete English) The sacrament of the Lord's supper. 3 The ceremony of washing the foot of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's ...
Usage examples of maundy.
On Maundy Thursday a Jesuit came to confess me, and on Holy Saturday a priest of St.
Eucharist came forth, and on Maundy Thursday the abbot himself made the rounds, with Cheroki and thirteen monks, to perform the Mandatum at each hermitage.
On Maundy Thursday, as the reading of the twelve Gospel lessons began, and as the Metropolitan, Pope Manoles, and the Deacon in turn read, in harsh monotone voices, how Judas had betrayed Christ and how the Mohammedans of those days had begun to strike, mock and scourge Him, the people were affected as though they themselves were running breathlessly with Christ from Annas to Caiaphas and to Pilate, as Omer Vrioni had run to Mustapha Pasha and to the Sultan, to demand justice.
On Maundy Thursday a Jesuit came to confess me, and on Holy Saturday a priest of St.
Even the Maundy Money the Queen doles out comes from the taxpayer.
But always on Maundy Thursday morning, whether consciously or not, he would come to church when the popes were still there, and receive Communion.
Every Maundy Thursday, the Vigil of Prayer and Quiet is kept from nine o'clock that evening until nine o'clock in the morning of Good Friday.
I don't see that any of these represented a significant advance over old faves like Maundy Thursday, but perhaps I am not taking a sufficiently Gallic view of the situation.