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Maundy money

noun

  1. specially minted coins distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday


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Today is ‘Maundy Thursday’ in the Christian calendar, and the purses are known as ‘Maundy Money’.

Maundy money is still distributed at Magdalen College, Oxford.

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maundyMaundy Thursday