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   Maundy

   /ˈmɔːndi/

   

   noun

   • 1. (in the UK) a public ceremony on the Thursday before Easter (Maundy Thursday) at which the monarch distributes specially minted coins.
   • ▪ the money distributed by the monarch at the Maundy ceremony; Maundy money: "a George I Maundy fourpence"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French mande, from Latin mandatum ‘mandate, commandment’, from mandatum novum ‘new commandment’ (see John 13:34).

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