manciple

English

Etymology

From Middle English maunciple, from Old French manciple, from Medieval Latin mancipiolum (lowly servant), diminutive of Latin mancipium (slave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmænsɪpəl/

Noun

manciple (plural manciples)

  1. A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.

References

  • manciple”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

  • maciple

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mancipiolum, diminutive of mancipium.

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Noun

manciple m (needs inflection)

  1. servant
    • (Can we date this quote?), Li Passions du roi Jhesu:[1]
      Ainsi alarent li deciple / Par tot lo mont et li manciple.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. manciple (person in charge of storing food)

Descendants

  • Middle English: maunciple, manciple, mawnciple, mawncyple
    • English: manciple

References

  • 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
  1. Romania (in French), volume 16, 1872, lines 393–394, page 53
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