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Maundy Thursday
[See prec.]
The Thursday next before Easter.
[1517R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 66 Ther we a bode Mawdleyn thursday, Good fryday.] 1530Palsgr. 244/1 Maundy thursday, jevdy absolv. 1546Langley Pol. Verg. 98 Washyng of feet on Maundye thursday, that the priestes vse among them selfes, and nobles to inferiour persons. 1563–83Foxe A. & M. 1232/2 The Sacrament that Jesus Christ instituted at his last supper on Maundye Thursdaye. 1678Gunpowder-Treas. 4 The Pope on Maunday-Thursday did censure and Condemn all Hereticks in the general. 1727–52Chambers Cycl., Maundy, or Maundey Thursday, Dies Mandati. 1840Howitt Visits Remark. Places Ser. i. 260 On Maunday Thursday he washed and kissed the feet of fifty poor people; gave each twelve pence, three ells of good canvass, for shirts; a pair of shoes; and a cask of red herrings. |