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MAUNDY THURSDAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maundy Thursday mean? 

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

1. the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supperplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MAUNDY THURSDAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Holy Thursday; Maundy Thursday

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

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)


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