Maundy Thursdayn.
/ˌmɔːndɪ ˈθəːzdeɪ/, /ˌmɔːndɪ ˈθəːzdi/, U.S. /ˈˌmɔndi ˈθərzdeɪ/, /ˈˌmɑndi ˈθərzdeɪ/, /ˈˌmɔndi ˈθərzdi/, /ˈˌmɑndi ˈθərzdi/ Christian Church.
The Thursday before Easter, which is observed as a commemoration of the Last Supper, and on which the British sovereign traditionally gives alms to the poor. Also called Holy Thursday. See also Maundy n. 1a.
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Sheer Thursdayc1200
Maundy Thursday1440
Skire Thursday?c1450
Cene Thursday1483
Skere Thursday1498
Our Lord's Supper Daya1500
Maudlin Thursday1517
Shrove Thursday1518
begging Thursday1546
mandate Thursday1546
Holy Thursday1590
1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 3186 The Lent went fast; Maunde Þursday is come, Whann of that sacrament a commemoracioun We maken.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 56 He ordeyned þat euery ȝere on Schere or Maundé Þursday þe pope schuld consecrate crisme.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 244/1 Maundy thursday, jevdy absolv.
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil De Invent. 98 Washyng of feet on Maundye thursday, that the priestes vse among them selfes, and nobles to inferiour persons.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1411/1 The Sacrament that Iesus Christ instituted at his last supper on Maundy Thursday.
1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (new ed.) 157 Hence it is called Dies mandati, Mandate or Maundy Thursday.
1678 Gunpowder-Treas. 4 The Pope on Maunday-Thursday did censure and Condemn all Hereticks in the general.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Maunday Thursday, the Thursday before Easter.
1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 687/1 Maundy Thursday, is the Thursday in Passion Week.
1840 W. Howitt Visits to Remarkable Places 1st Ser. 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.
1872 A. P. Forbes Kalendars Sc. Saints 367 He returned to his episcopal duties on Maundy Thursday.
1932 J. C. Powys Glastonbury Romance xiv. 403 His tone expressed genuine surprise, not unmingled with a certain dismay at finding his two friends together on Maundy Thursday evening.
1977 Derby Diocesan News Apr. 3/2 Blessing of the Oils. On Maundy Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral by the Bishop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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