manciple
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English maunciple, from Old French manciple, from Medieval Latin mancipiolum (“lowly servant”), diminutive of Latin mancipium (“slave”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manciple (plural manciples)
- A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.
References edit
- “manciple”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin mancipiolum, diminutive of mancipium.
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Noun edit
manciple m (needs inflection)
- servant
- (Can we date this quote?), Li Passions du roi Jhesu:[1]
- Ainsi alarent li deciple / Par tot lo mont et li manciple.
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- (Can we date this quote?), Li Passions du roi Jhesu:[1]
- manciple (person in charge of storing food)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mancipe)
- manciple in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022