Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday Maun"dy Thurs"day [OE. maunde a command, OF. mand['e], L. mandatum, from mandare to command. See called from the ancient custom of washing the feet of the poor on this day, which was taken to be the fulfillment of the ``new commandment,'' --John xiii. 5, 34.] (Eccl.) The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday. [1913 Webster]

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