/mawn"dee/ , n.
1. the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, esp. commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
2. Also called maundy money . money distributed as alms in conjunction with the ceremony of maundy or on Maundy Thursday.
[ 1250-1300; ME maunde mande mandatum command, mandate (from the opening phrase novum mandatum (Vulgate) of Jesus' words to the disciples after He had washed their feet). See MANDATE ]