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Complete Definition of "maundy"

English

Noun
maundy

  1. obsolete A commandment.
  2. obsolete The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
  3. The ceremony of washing the foot|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.
  4. The office appointed to be read during the ceremony of feet-washing.

References
R:Century 1911

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