\Maun"dy Thurs"day\ [OE. maunde a command, OF.
mand['e], L. mandatum, from mandare to command. See called
from the ancient custom of washing the feet of the poor on
this day, which was taken to be the fulfillment of the ``new
commandment,'' --John xiii. 5, 34.] (Eccl.)
The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.