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Maundy Thursday
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English
Etymology
From en enm Maunde Þursday Holy Thursday, equivalent to en maundy Thursday. enm maundy derives from en fro mandé, from en la mandātum, in reference to the phrase la mandātum novum dō vōbīs a new commandment I give unto you.John 13 34 A new commandement I giue vnto you, That yee loue one another, as I haue loued you, that yee also loue one another.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Maundy Thursday.wav Southern England
Proper noun
Maundy Thursday
en Q106333 The Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Last Supper.
en Holy Thursday<id:Q106333> Covenant Thursday Great and Holy Thursday Green Thursday<qq:especially in a German-speaking context> Sheer Thursday Thursday of Mysteries White Thursday Skire Thursday<qq:Scotland, obsolete>
en Holy Week < Eastertime
en Palm Sunday<id:Q42236> ; Holy Monday<id:Q3318164> ; Holy Tuesday<id:Q2395135> ; Holy Wednesday<id:Q386130> Good Wednesday<id:Q386130> Spy Wednesday<id:Q386130> ; Holy Friday<id:Q40317> Good Friday<id:Q40317> Black Friday<id:Q40317> Golden Friday<id:Q40317> Great Friday<id:Q40317> Pasch of the Cross<id:Q40317> ; Holy Saturday<id:Q186206> Black Saturday<id:Q186206>
en 1960 Alfred Lewis Shoemaker Eastertide in Pennsylvania: A Folk-Cultural Study https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Csr6aNdLiyoC&pg=PA13&dq=%22Maundy+Thursday%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi88--rp67NAhVCHKYKHe-eA3IQ6AEIRjAI#v=onepage&q=%22Maundy%20Thursday%22&f=false 13 2000 The dialect name for Maundy Thursday, Grie(ner)-Durmerschdawg (Green Thursday, literally), is in very large part responsible for the basic lore that attaches to this day: One must eat something green on this day.Failure to eat something green on Maundy Thursday had dire consequences, according to the folk mind: One would get the itch, one would become lousy, or as a York County informant put it, "Mer iss s gans yawr uff em aisel." (One will be a mule all year long.)
en 2002 Steven Molin Journey Of Stones: A Sermon Series For Lent And Easter 47 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qKk6_6roZv0C&pg=PA47&dq=%22Maundy+Thursday%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi88--rp67NAhVCHKYKHe-eA3IQ6AEI8QEwLA#v=onepage&q=%22Maundy%20Thursday%22&f=false It is the tradition among Christians in Africa on Maundy Thursday that, before the sacrament of Holy Communion is served, worshipers move about the sanctuary and seek forgiveness from everyone they have hurt or offended or sinned against — known or unknown — in recent months.
en 2011 Donald K. McKim More Presbyterian Questions, More Presbyterian Answers: Exploring Christian Faith 42 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XhSt_32vu9gC&pg=PA42&dq=%22Maundy+Thursday%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi88--rp67NAhVCHKYKHe-eA3IQ6AEIeDAS#v=onepage&q=%22Maundy%20Thursday%22&f=false Most Presbyterian churches have an evening service on Maundy Thursday that includes the celebration of the Lord's Supper.
Usage notes
en Holy Thursday is more commonly used in Ireland, Scotland, Canada and the United States, and is the official name used by the Catholic Church in English.
Related terms
en Maundy money
Translations
Thursday before Easter
Aragonese: an Chueves Santo m
Armenian: hy Ավագ հինգշաբթի
Basque: eu Ostegun Santua
Bulgarian: bg Велики Четвъртък m
Catalan: ca dijous Sant m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 濯足節 zhuózújié
Czech: cs Zelený čtvrtek m
Danish: da skærtorsdag
Dutch: nl Witte Donderdag m
Esperanto: eo sankta ĵaŭdo
Estonian: et suur neljapäev
Faroese: fo skírisdagur m
Finnish: fi kiirastorstai
Franco-Provençal: frp Jofs Saint m
French: fr Jeudi saint
Galician: gl Xoves Santo m
Georgian: ka დიდი ხუთშაბათი
German: de Gründonnerstag m
Greek: el Μεγάλη Πέμπτη f
Hungarian: hu nagycsütörtök
Icelandic: is skírdagur m, archaic is skíri Þórsdagur m, archaic is skíri dagur m
Indonesian: id Kamis Putih
Irish: ga Déardaoin Mandála m
Italian: it Giovedì santo m
Latin: la dies cenae Domini f
Latvian: lv Zaļā Ceturtdiena
Lithuanian: lt Didžiojo ketvirtadienio
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Gröndunnersdag, nds-de Grööndunnersdag m, nds-de Grööndunnerdag m, nds-de Grööndonnersdag m, nds-de Grööndonnerdag m, nds-de Greundunnerdag m
Luxembourgish: lb Gréngen Donneschdeg m
Malay: ms Khamis Suci
Malayalam: ml പെസഹാ വ്യാഴം
Maltese: mt Ħamis ix-Xirka
Manx: gv Jerdein Caisht m, gv Jerdein Casherick m, gv Jerdein Chorp Chreest m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb skjærtorsdag m
Nynorsk: nn skirtorsdag m, nn skjærtorsdag m
Old Norse: non skíriþórsdagr m
Polabian: pox b́olĕ perĕndan m
Polish: pl Wielki Czwartek m-in
Portuguese: pt Quinta-Feira Santa f, pt Quinta-feira de Endoenças f
Romanian: ro Joia Mare f
Russian: ru Страстной четве́рг, ru Великий четве́рг
Scots: sco Guid Thuirsday, sco Skyre Thuirsday
Scottish Gaelic: gd Diardaoin a' Bhrochain Mhóir m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Велики четвртак m
Latin: sh Veliki četvrtak m
Slovak: sk Zelený štvrtok m, sk Veľký štvrtok m
Slovene: sl Veliki četrtek m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb zeleny stwórtk m
Upper Sorbian: hsb zeleny štwórtk m
Spanish: es Jueves Santo m
Swedish: sv skärtorsdag c
Tagalog: tl Huwebes Santo
Tamil: ta வியாகுல வியாழன்
Welsh: cy dydd Iau Cablyd m
See also
en Easter Sunday,Easter Day,Easter Easter Week
References
en Calendar Easter