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Webster 1913 Edition
Manciple
Man′ci-ple
,Noun.
[From OF.
mancipe
slave, servant (with l
inserted, as in participle
), fr. L. mancipium
. See Mancipate
.] A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court.
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Manciple
MAN'CIPLE
,Noun.
A steward; an undertaker; a purveyor, particularly of a college.
Definition 2024
manciple
manciple
English
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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