maundy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmoːn.di/ (Australia)
- /ˈmɔːn.di/ (UK)
- /ˈmɑn.di/ (Canada, US)
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).
Meanings
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A commandment.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
And also they make their sacrament of the altar of Therf bread, for our Lord made it of such bread, when he made his Maundy.
1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville:
- (countable, uncountable) 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) The office appointed to be read during the religious ceremony of foot-washing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| maundies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Maundy money · Maundy Thursday
Synonyms
nipter (foot-washing ceremony)
Translations (18)
pl Msza Święta (sacrament of the Lord's supper) · pl Sakrament Ołtarza (sacrament of the Lord's supper) · es mandato (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors) · pl Ciało Chrystusa (sacrament of the Lord's supper) · pl mandatum (office to be read during the foot-washing ceremony) · pl Najświętszy Sakrament (sacrament of the Lord's supper) · pl Eucharystia (sacrament of the Lord's supper) · enm maunde (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors) · es lavatorio (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors) · pl obrzęd pokory (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors) · pl Komunia (sacrament of the Lord's supper) · pt lava-pés (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors) · pl umywanie nóg (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors) · pl Najświętsza Ofiara (sacrament of the Lord's supper) · nl voetwassing (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors) · pl mandatum (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors) · pl Wieczerza Pańska (sacrament of the Lord's supper) · pl Krew Chrystusa (sacrament of the Lord's supper)