Sheer Thursday
Sheer Thursday another name for Maundy Thursday; Sheer (meaning ‘blameless, clear’) is an allusion to the purification of the soul by confession on that day, in preparation for Good Friday, and perhaps also to the traditional washing of the altars.
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