Washing of the feet as a religious rite in Christianity.
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Examples for "maundy "
Examples for "maundy "
1 And so I began the maundy diet.
2 These include the Maundy service at St George's chapel on 9 April.
3 This year my name-day fell in the middle of Easter week, on Maundy Thursday.
4 Abroad there is a belief the Potato thrives best if planted on Maundy Thursday.
5 I realized, all at once, that it was Maundy Thursday.
1 This washing of the feet was spiritual, and served as a species of absolution.
2 The washing of the feet is one of the most striking ceremonies of our religion.
3 Rest with the feet up and careful washing of the feet is all that is at first needed in slight cases.
4 But the other Evangelists do not speak of the washing of the feet , nor of the long discourse He gave them then.
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