| 单词 | maundy ale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMaundy ale C1. attributive. Designating the recipients at a Maundy ceremony, or the items used or distributed, as Maundy ale, Maundy bread, Maundy cup, Maundy dish, Maundy people, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > that which is given in charity > on Maundy Thursday Maundy1502 Maundy ale1517 Maundy bread1517 mandate bread1841 mandate money1841 Maundy money1853 1517–18 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 60 For Mawneday ale ijs. iijd. 1517–18 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 60 For Mawneday cuppys xijd. 1534–5 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 73 Maundy brede, iijs. 1563 in J. C. Cox Churchwardens' Accts. (1913) v. 71 iij dosyn maundy dyshes iiij s. vj d. 1826 Ann. Reg. 47/2 About eleven o'clock the Maundy people arrived. 1838 Times 16 Apr. 5/5 The Queen's Royal alms were distributed..at the Almonry-office, to the Maunday [sic] men and women placed on the supernumerary lists. 1890 Cent. Dict. 3665/2 Maundy dish, a dish in which the maundy money was contained when presented to the sovereign for distribution. 1955 Times 12 May 7/3 1,076 maundy fourpences, 1,076 maundy threepences, 1,020 maundy twopences, 1,088 maundy pence. 1975 Listener 17 July 88/2 The society..is unpleasant, with the King handing out marriages like Maundy pence. < as lemmas |
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