Definition of maundy
plural -es
1
: a ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday
2 a
: alms distributed in connection with the maundy ceremony or on Maundy Thursday
b
: maundy money
- With the growth of the numismatic hobby … the silver Maundy coins, especially full sets … have become more highly prized and correspondingly expensive.
- —Herbert C. Bardes, New York Times, 22 Mar. 1964
- maundy coinage
