maundy

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Cardinal Wolsey visited the abbey in the 17th year of the reign of Henry the Eighth, and washed and kissed the feet of fifty-nine poor people, which ceremony was called "keeping his maundy."

From A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents by Phillips, George S. (George Searle)

All's gone, and death hath taken Away from us Our maundy; thus Thy widows stand forsaken.

From A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick by Palgrave, Francis Turner

Nipter, nip′tėr, n. the ecclesiastical ceremony of washing the feet—the same as maundy.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various