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holy thursday

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
holy thurs-day
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter.

name

Ascension Day, the fortieth day of Easter (that is, after Easter Day).

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English Holy Thursday, holy Thurysday, hooly þursday, haly þorsday, Hallʒhe Þurrsdaʒʒ, equivalent to holy + Thursday.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Synonyms

maundy thursday

Questions

What does holy thursday mean?
Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter.
Where does holy thursday come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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