 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 pages
...humility, long executed the ancient custom on that day, of washing the feet of poor men, in number of NATIONAL DEBT. any one year by taxes to be levied within that year, lest the MANDATO, PANES DE. Loaves of bread given to the poor upon Maunday Thursday. Chartular Glaston. MS.... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 446 pages
...the command of our Saviour in washing the feet of the poor. This ceremony first commenced in 13G2, and for a long time the kings of England •observed...by St. Augustine (Epist. ad Januar., 118). In the churches, on this day, all the altars are stripped of their ornaments, and covered with black cloths,... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 514 pages
...Good Friday, when, says Jacob, is commemorated and practised the command of our Saviour in washing the feet of the poor. This ceremony first commenced...reign, and giving them shoes, stockings and money, f On these occasions a particular robe was worn by the chief actor.J Therc are several entries for... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 512 pages
...Good Friday, when, says Jacob, is commemorated and practised the command of our Saviour in washing the feet of the poor. This ceremony first commenced...their reign, and giving them shoes, stockings and money.f On these occasions a particular robe was worn by the chief actor.J There are several entries... | |
 | John Brand - 1849 - 574 pages
...kings of England have long practised the good old custom of washing the feet of poor men in number equal to the years of their reign, and giving them shoes, stockings, and money. Some derive the word from mandatum, command ; but others, and I think much more probably, from maund,... | |
 | Thomas Moore, T. M. - 1881 - 502 pages
...their humility, long kept up the ancient custom on that day of washing the feet of poor men, in number equal to the years of their reign, and giving them shoes, stockings, and money. — TLD MANIPLE or SUDARIUM. An oblong piece of embroidered silk, of the same colour as the chasuble... | |
 | William Ralston Balch - 1895 - 830 pages
...in. The ceremony first commenced in 1362, and for a long time ihe Fnglish kings observed the custom of washing the feet of a number of poor men equal to the years of their age, and jf giving them shoes, stockings and money. Money and clothing are still given by Jeputy, but... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 pages
...England have long practised the good old custom on that day of washing the feet of poor men in number equal to the years of their reign, and giving them shoes, stockings, and money. Some derive the word from mandatum, command ; but others, and I think much more probably, from maund,... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 pages
...England have long practised the good old custom on that day of washing the feet of poor men in number equal to the years of their reign, and giving them shoes, stockings, and money. Some derive the word from mandatum, command, but others, and I think much more probably, from maund,... | |
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Maundy Thursday,* Mandati Dies, the day before Jfaundy. Good Friday, when, says Jacob, is commemorated and practised the command of our Saviour in washing the feet of the poor. This ceremony first commenced in 1362, and for a long time the kings of England... 