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# maundy

noun (Maundy) — used in Maundy Thursday and Maundy money

«maundy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church) Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter, when Christians remember the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples and how he washed their feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/#m1)
2. (UK) Maundy money is special silver coins that the British king or queen gives to older people on Maundy Thursday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/#m2)
3. (church) The Maundy is the ceremony of washing people's feet, done to remember Jesus' example of serving others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In RE and church life, Maundy Thursday is part of Holy Week, before Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The word comes from Latin «mandatum», «commandment», because Jesus said, «Love one another». Some churches wash feet that day. Phrases: «Maundy Thursday», «Maundy money», «the Maundy service».

### Examples

- On Maundy Thursday we remember the Last Supper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/#x1)
- The priest washed people's feet at the Maundy service. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/#x2)
- Maundy Thursday comes just before Good Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/#x3)
- The king gave Maundy money to elderly people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/#x4)
- Jesus washed his disciples' feet to show they must serve one another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/#x5)
- Holy Week includes Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/#x6)

### Note

Always with a capital M and used mostly in the phrases «Maundy Thursday» and «Maundy money». It is not used on its own in everyday talk. Said «MAWN-dee». Maundy money coins are real coins but are kept, not spent.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «maundy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maundy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«maundy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/maundy.html) on Mova free.