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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-869/
- Published: 2022-06-16T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-17T03:32:52.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

maundy (noun, often attributive):

1 : a ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday  
2 : alms distributed in connection with the maundy ceremony or on Maundy Thursday – Maundy Money given by the British Monarch to chosen poor.

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maundy?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Middle English maunde, from Old French mandé, from Latin mandatum command, order; from the words spoken by Jesus to his disciples after washing their feet at the Last Supper, “a new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another” (John 13:34 Authorized Version)

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