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Holy Thursday

noun

Ascension Day.

the Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday.

Origin of Holy Thursday

1150–1200; Middle English; Old English

Example sentences 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 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