Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Maundy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Maundy \Maun"dy\, n. [See {Maundy Thursday}.]
1. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper. [Obs.]

2. The ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy
Thursday.

3. The alms distributed in connection with this ceremony or
on Maundy Thursday.

Note: In England, the foot washing is obsolete, but the
``royal maundy'' is distributed annually on behalf of
the sovereign. Since 1890 this distribution has been
made from Westminster Abbey.

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