The Easter season is full of vocabulary we don't use the rest of the year. Gary Neal Hansen wrote an article called Vocabulary Lesson: Maundy Thursday last Easter to explain why we call it "Maundy" Thursday. Hansen says:
If you were too embarrassed to ask, I’ll tell you: It is from a Latin word meaning “commandment.” It is like our English word “mandate.” This is “Commandment Thursday.”
The commandment? Love one another. John 13:34 says:
"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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