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Origin of Holy Thursday
1150–1200; Middle English; Old English
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Examples from the Web for holy thursday
There still remains another remarkable ceremony customary in S. Peter's on holy-Thursday.
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome|Charles Michael BaggsIts annual procession, which continued till the time of the revolution, took place on Holy-Thursday.
Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. I. (of 2)|Dawson Turner
British Dictionary definitions for holy thursday
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