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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 1735665, member: 18320&quot;]What is Maundy?</p><p><br /></p><p>This, from Wiktionary, doesn&#039;t really help:</p><p><br /></p><p>[h=3]Noun[/h] <b>maundy</b> (<i>plural</i> <b><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=maundies&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=maundies&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow">maundies</a></b>)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ol> <li>(<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" rel="nofollow">obsolete</a>) A <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commandment" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commandment" rel="nofollow">commandment</a>.</li> <li>(<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" rel="nofollow">obsolete</a>) The <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sacrament" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sacrament" rel="nofollow">sacrament</a> of the <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lord" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lord" rel="nofollow">Lord</a>&#039;s <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/supper" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/supper" rel="nofollow">supper</a>.</li> <li>The ceremony of <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wash" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wash" rel="nofollow">washing</a> the <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foot" rel="nofollow">feet</a> of <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poor" rel="nofollow">poor</a> persons or <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inferior" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inferior" rel="nofollow">inferiors</a>, performed as a <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/religious" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/religious" rel="nofollow">religious</a> <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rite" rel="nofollow">rite</a> on <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" rel="nofollow">Maundy Thursday</a> in commemoration of <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Christ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Christ" rel="nofollow">Christ</a>&#039;s washing the <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disciple" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disciple" rel="nofollow">disciples</a>&#039; feet at the <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Last_Supper" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Last_Supper" rel="nofollow">Last Supper</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/office" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/office" rel="nofollow">office</a> appointed to be read during the ceremony of <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=feet-washing&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=feet-washing&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow">feet-washing</a>.</li> </ol><p>[h=4]Thanks![/h][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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