maundy thursday Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper
    Holy Thursday.

WordNet

Maun"dy Thurs"day
Etymology
OE. maunde a command, OF. mandé, L. mandatum, from mandare to command. See called from the ancient custom of washing the feet of the poor on this day, which was taken to be the fulfillment of the "new commandment," John xiii. 5, 34.
Definitions
  1. (Eccl.) The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.

Webster 1913