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Definition of: maundy
(môn′dē) noun
The religious ceremony of washing the feet of others, especially of inferiors: in commemoration of the washing of the disciples' feet by Christ; hence, Maundy, the service connected with such ceremony. [<OF mandé <L mandatum command; from the use of mandatum at the beginning of the ceremony. See MANDATE.]
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