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countable and uncountable, plural maundies
(obsolete) A commandment.
(obsolete) The sacrament of the Lord's supper. quotations
And also they make their sacrament of the altar of Therf bread, for our Lord made it of such bread, when he made his Maundy.
1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
(Christianity) The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper. examples
(Christianity) The office appointed to be read during the religious ceremony of foot-washing. examples