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View synonyms for Holy Thursday

Holy Thursday

noun

  1. the Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday.


Holy Thursday

noun

  1. another name for Maundy Thursday
  2. a rare name for Ascension Day
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Holy Thursday1

1150–1200; Middle English; Old English
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Example Sentences

Its annual procession, which continued till the time of the revolution, took place on Holy-Thursday.

There still remains another remarkable ceremony customary in S. Peter's on holy-Thursday.

Instead of the rose-color and blue of Holy-Thursday, the ladies now wore black or violet silks and satins with jet ornaments.

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