manciple
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English
Etymology
From Middle English maunciple, from Old French manciple, from Medieval Latin mancipiolum (“lowly servant”), diminutive of Latin mancipium (“slave”).
Pronunciation
Noun
manciple (plural manciples)
- A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.
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Translations
References
- “manciple”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Medieval Latin mancipiolum, diminutive of mancipium.
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Noun
manciple m (needs inflection)
- servant
- (Can we date this quote?), Li Passions du roi Jhesu:
- Ainsi alarent li deciple
Par tot lo mont et li manciple.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Can we date this quote?), Li Passions du roi Jhesu:
- manciple (person in charge of storing food)
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Descendants
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