manciple
[ man-suh-puh l ]
/ ˈmæn sə pəl /
noun
an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
Origin of manciple
1150–1200 in sense “slave”; Middle English < Middle French
manciple, variant of
mancipe < Medieval Latin
mancipium, Latin: a possession, slave, orig., ownership, equivalent to
mancip-, stem of
manceps contractor, agent (
man(us) hand +
-cep-, combining form of
capere to take (see
concept) +
-s nominative singular ending) +
-ium
-ium
Words nearby manciple
manchu dynasty,
manchukuo,
manchuria,
manchurian,
manchurian hemorrhagic fever,
manciple,
mancunian,
mandaean,
mandala,
mandalay,
mandamus
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British Dictionary definitions for manciple
manciple
/ (ˈmænsɪpəl) /
noun
a steward who buys provisions, esp in a college, Inn of Court, or monastery
Word Origin for manciple
C13: via Old French from Latin
mancipium purchase, from
manceps purchaser, from
manus hand +
capere to take