Maundy is an English word with synonyms like ceremony or ceremonial. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Maundy in a sentence
Maundy meaning
- A commandment.
- The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
- The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.
Synonyms of Maundy
Using Maundy
- The main meaning on this page is: A commandment. | The sacrament of the Lord's supper. | The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.
- Useful related words include: ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance.
- In the example corpus, maundy often appears in combinations such as: maundy thursday, on maundy, maundy money.
Context around Maundy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Maundy
- In this selection, "maundy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, money, last, given, thursday, money and service stand out and add context to how "maundy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include christian tradition maundy thursday or and giving out maundy money there. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "maundy" sits close to words such as aaj, aal and aalto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with maundy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Don't have a clue what happens on Maundy Thursday? (10 words)
On Maundy Thursday, Christ’s journey to the cross continues. (10 words)
On Maundy Thursday, Jesus Christ established the ceremony known as the Holy Eucharist. (13 words)
St. Timothy UMC will host a Maundy Thursday service on April 18. The service will begin with a supper at 5:30 p.m. Worship will be 6:30 p.m. This special service is sponsored by the United Methodist Missional Network. (42 words)
It is one of the religious and cultural practices among Catholics in the Philippines, where every Maundy Thursday to Good Friday, they participate in a pilgrimage to seven churches to dedicate time to prayer and reflection. (36 words)
The first monarch to take part in a Maundy Thursday service was King John, of Magna Carta and Robin Hood fame, who distributed gifts of clothes and money to the poor in Knaresborough in 1210. (35 words)
Don't have a clue what happens on Maundy Thursday? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Maundy money Maundy money is a ceremonial coinage traditionally given to the poor, and nowadays awarded annually to deserving senior citizens.
Alex Carberry, the Head Verger at York Minster, took part in Queen Elizabeth’s last Maundy service in York.
It is one of the religious and cultural practices among Catholics in the Philippines, where every Maundy Thursday to Good Friday, they participate in a pilgrimage to seven churches to dedicate time to prayer and reflection.
Maundy Thursday — also known as Holy Thursday — is a Christian event that takes place each year on the Thursday before Easter.
Two decades later in 2020, the High Wycombe resident was given Maundy money by the Royal Family for her services to the community.
Every year on the Thursday before Easter, the ruler on the British throne rewards people over 70 years with specially-minted coins known as Maundy money- named for the day in the Christian calendar.
On Maundy Thursday, Jesus Christ established the ceremony known as the Holy Eucharist.
St. Timothy UMC will host a Maundy Thursday service on April 18. The service will begin with a supper at 5:30 p.m. Worship will be 6:30 p.m. This special service is sponsored by the United Methodist Missional Network.
The first monarch to take part in a Maundy Thursday service was King John, of Magna Carta and Robin Hood fame, who distributed gifts of clothes and money to the poor in Knaresborough in 1210.
Don't have a clue what happens on Maundy Thursday?
Lucey added that the ritual was especially unique for her because the Catholic tradition reserves foot washing for Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) and it’s often done by priests instead.
On Maundy Thursday, Christ’s journey to the cross continues.
Also known as Sheer Thursday in the United Kingdom, it is traditionally a day of cleaning and giving out Maundy money there.
Cultural and religious practices Christian holidays In the Christian tradition, Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter — the day on which the Last Supper occurred.
It is also sung on Maundy Thursday during the procession from the church to the place where the Blessed Sacrament is kept until Good Friday.
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are sometimes referred to as the Easter Triduum ( Latin for "Three Days").
More recently, Lutheran liturgical practice has recaptured Good Friday as part of the larger sweep of the great Three Days: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Vigil of Easter.
On Maundy Thursday of the same week the entire church is darkened by extinguishing all candles and lamps.
Ordinatio imperii On Maundy Thursday 817 (9 April), Louis and his court were crossing a wooden gallery from the cathedral to the palace in Aachen when the gallery collapsed, killing many.
The pre-decimal Maundy pieces have the same legal tender status and value as post-decimal ones, and effectively increased in face value by 140% upon decimalisation.
Common combinations with maundy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- maundy thursday 16×
- on maundy 7×
- maundy money 4×