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| maun·dy [ máwndee ] |
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Christian ceremony on Thursday before Easter: a ceremony held in some Christian churches on Maundy Thursday that involves an actual or symbolic washing of people's feet in commemoration of Jesus Christ's washing of his disciples' feet (John 13:3-34)
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| [13th century. < Old French mandé< Latin mandatum (novum) "(new) commandment," first words of an antiphon sung in the ceremony] |
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