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maundy.

A commandment.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɔːn.di/UK/ˈmɑn.di/Canada, US/ˈmoːn.di/Australia
  1. A commandment.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  2. The sacrament of the Lord's supper.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  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.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The office appointed to be read during the religious ceremony of foot-washing.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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).

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