Editing Maundy Thursday (section)

=== Derivation of the name "Maundy" ===
[[File:Maundy Thursday 07 washing feet diocese St Asaph.jpg|thumb|Maundy ceremony in a [[Church in Wales]] parish church during a Maundy Thursday [[Church service|service of worship]]]]
''[[Footwashing|Maundy]]'' is the name of the Christian rite of footwashing,<ref name="Bower2003">{{cite book|title = The Companion to the Book of Common Worship|author=Peter C. Bower|publisher = [[Geneva Press]]|quote=Maundy Thursday (or ''le mandé''; Thursday of the ''Mandatum'', Latin, commandment). The name is taken from the first few words sung at the ceremony of the washing of the feet, 'I give you a new commandment' (John 13:34); also from the commandment of Christ that we should imitate His loving humility in the washing of the feet (John 13:14–17). The term ''mandatum'' (maundy), therefore, was applied to the rite of foot-washing on this day.}}</ref> which traditionally occurs during Maundy Thursday church services.<ref name="Bower2003"/>

The English word ''[[wikt:maundy|maundy]]'' in the name for the day is derived through [[Middle English]] and [[Old French]] ''mandé'', from the [[Latin]] {{Lang|la|mandatum}} (also the origin of the English word "mandate"), the first word of the phrase "''Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos''" ("A new commandment I give to you: That you love one another, as I have loved you.") By this statement in [[John 13|chapter 13 of the Gospel of John]],  Jesus explained to the Apostles the significance of his action of washing their feet.

The phrase is used as the [[antiphon]] sung in the [[Roman Rite]] during the Maundy ([[Ecclesiastical Latin]]: "Mandatum") ceremony of the washing of the feet, which may be held during Mass or as a separate event. A priest or bishop, representing Christ, ceremonially washes the feet of others, typically 12 persons chosen as a cross-section of the community. In 2016, it was announced that the [[Roman Missal]] had been revised to allow women to participate as part of the 12 in the Mandatum. Previously, only males partook of the rite.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/world/pope-francis-women-ritual/|title=Pope Francis changes foot-washing rite to include women|author=Daniel Burke|date=21 January 2016|work=CNN}}</ref>

Others theorize that the English name "Maundy Thursday" arose from "maunds" or baskets or "maundy purses" of alms which the king of England distributed to certain poor at Whitehall before attending Mass on that day.  Thus, "maund" is connected to the Latin {{Lang|la|mendicare}}, and French {{Lang|fr|mendier}}, to beg.<ref name=Schaff>{{cite web | url = http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc3.iii.x.v.html | author = Philip Schaff | title = History of the Christian Church | work = Christian Classics Ethereal Library  | volume =III}}</ref>

A source from the Shepherd of the Springs, Lutheran Church likewise states that, if the name was derived from the Latin ''{{Lang|la|mandatum}}'', we would call the day Mandy Thursday, or Mandate Thursday, or even Mandatum Thursday. The term "Maundy" comes from the Latin ''{{Lang|la|mendicare}}'', Old French {{Lang|fro|mendier}}, and English ''maund'', which as a verb means to beg and as a noun refers to a small basket held out by maunders as they maunded.<ref>{{cite web | title = Shepherd of the Springs, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod |url=http://www.sslc-cos.org/sermons06/lent_maundy.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416232617/http://www.sslc-cos.org/sermons06/lent_maundy.htm |access-date=16 April 2009 |archive-date=16 April 2009 }}</ref> Other sources reject this etymology.<ref name="Langland">{{cite book | last1=Langland | first1=W. | last2=Skeat | first2=W.W. | title=The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman: In Three Parallel Texts; Together with Richard the Redeless | publisher=Clarendon Press | issue=v. 2 | year=1886 | url=https://archive.org/details/visionwilliamco08langgoog | access-date=17 February 2017 | page=[https://archive.org/details/visionwilliamco08langgoog/page/n339 239]}}</ref>