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4 words match “MAUNDY THURSDAY”

MAUNDY THURSDAY n.
The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.
CHRISM n.
Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.
HOLY a.
ay. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. -- Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places. -- Holy water (Gr.…
TWOPENCE n.
nt to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.