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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

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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