maundy thursday
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Last Supper.
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: Holy Week < Eastertime"
- "The dialect name for Maundy Thursday, Grie(ner)-Durmerschdawg (Green Thursday, literally), is in very large part responsible for the basic lore that attaches to this day: One must eat something green on this day.[…]Failure to eat something green on Maundy Thursday had dire consequences, according to the folk mind: One would get the itch, one would become lousy, or as a York County informant put it, "Mer iss s gans yawr uff em aisel." (One will be a mule all year long.)"
- "It is the tradition among Christians in Africa on Maundy Thursday that, before the sacrament of Holy Communion is served, worshipers move about the sanctuary and seek forgiveness from everyone they have hurt or offended or sinned against — known or unknown — in recent months."
- "Most Presbyterian churches have an evening service on Maundy Thursday that includes the celebration of the Lord's Supper."
Etymology
From Middle English Maunde Þursday (“Holy Thursday”), equivalent to maundy + Thursday. Middle English maundy derives from Old French mandé, from Latin mandātum, in reference to the phrase mandātum novum dō vōbīs (“a new commandment I give unto you”).