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MAUNDY MONEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maundy money mean? 

MAUNDY MONEY (noun)
  The noun MAUNDY MONEY has 1 sense:

1. specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursdayplay

  Familiarity information: MAUNDY MONEY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAUNDY MONEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("Maundy money" is a kind of...):

coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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