maundy

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːn.di/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɑn.di/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmoːn.di/ === Noun === maundy (countable and uncountable, plural maundies) (obsolete) A commandment. (obsolete) The sacrament of the Lord's supper. (Christianity) 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. (Christianity) The office appointed to be read during the religious ceremony of foot-washing. ==== Synonyms ==== (foot-washing ceremony): nipter ==== Derived terms ==== Maundy Thursday Maundy money ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “maundy”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Further reading === foot washing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Munday, dayumn