Maundy Thursday : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Maundy Thursday	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Maundy Thursday
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Maundy Thursday n the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper Synonym(s): Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maundy Thursday \Maun"dy Thurs"day\ [OE. maunde a command, OF. mand[82], 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 [bd]new commandment,[b8] --John xiii. 5, 34.] (Eccl.) The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.