Word: mandatum
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Though Their Majesties did not gird themselves with towels, last week, they were deemed to have imitated acceptably an act of greatest sanctity. The day annually observed in this manner by Spanish sovereigns is Maundy Thursday, so-called from the Latin mandatum (commandment) referring to the "new commandment" given by the Savior...
...John XIII: 4, 5, 12, 13, 16, 34. On Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter), "Maundy" being derived from the Latin "mandatum" (commandment) and referring to the "new commandment" given by the Savior. James II was the last English monarch to perform the rite of washing his subjects' feet; but since the time of Charles II "Maundy Pennies" (especially minted without milled edges) have been distributed by the Lord High Almoner. In all Catholic countries and at the Vatican the rites of Maundy Thursday are elaborately observed, although the ritual varies
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