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Holy Thursday

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(called also MAUNDY THURSDAY, from mandatum [commandment]. The first word with which the Church services of the day begin), a day observed in some churches in commemoration of our Lord's ascension. In the Roman calendar it is the thirty-ninth day after Easter Sunday. (See ASCENSION DAY); (See HOLY WEEK).