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Maundy vs Mandy - What's the difference?

maundy | mandy |

As nouns the difference between maundy and mandy

is that maundy is (obsolete) a commandment while mandy is (uk|slang|uncountable) the drug mdma.

maundy

English

Noun

(maundies)
  • (obsolete) A commandment.
  • (obsolete) The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
  • The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.
  • The office appointed to be read during the ceremony of feet-washing.

    • Derived terms

    * Maundy Thursday

    References

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    mandy

    English

    Proper noun

    (en-proper noun) (plural Mandys )
  • . Popular as a formal given name in the U.K. in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • * 1928 Joyce Lankester Brisley: Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories . Chapter 1:
    • But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy " which is quite easy to say.
  • * 1994 P.D.James: Original Sin ISBN 0679438890 page 10:
    • Without looking up, she asked: "Is your name Mandy or Amanda Price?"
    "Mandy', Miss Etienne." In other circumstances ' Mandy would have pointed out that if her name were Amanda the CV would have said so.