Manciple Definition
mănsə-pəl
noun
A steward or buyer of provisions, as for an English college, a monastery, etc.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Manciple
Noun
Singular:
manciple
Plural:
manciplesOrigin of Manciple
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Middle English maunciple from Old French manciple bondsman variant of mancipe from Latin mancipium servant, ownership by acquisition from manceps mancip- contractor, dealer manus hand man-2 in Indo-European roots capere to take kap- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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