mancipation

English

Noun

mancipation (countable and uncountable, plural mancipations)

1. (obsolete) Slavery.
2. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a legal formality for acquiring title to property by actual or by simulated purchase.

Related terms

• emancipation
• mancipable
• mancipate
• mancipee
• remancipation

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

mancipation f (plural mancipations)

1. mancipation

Further reading

• “mancipation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.