Holy Thursday

noun

Ascension Day.
the Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday.

Origin of Holy Thursday

1150–1200; Middle English; Old English

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Examples from the Web for holy thursday

Historical Examples of 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.
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870
Various
There still remains another remarkable ceremony customary in S. Peter's on holy-Thursday.
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome
Charles Michael Baggs
Its 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

Holy Thursday

noun RC Church

another name for Maundy Thursday
a rare name for Ascension Day

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