holy thursday

1. 1.

   the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper

   SynonymsMaundy Thursday

   BroaderChristian holy day

Questions about holy thursday

What does holy thursday mean?

holy thursday means "the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper".

What is another word for holy thursday?

Close synonyms include Maundy Thursday. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holy thursday a common word?

holy thursday is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.