Maniple Definition

mănə-pəl
noun
A subdivision of the ancient Roman legion; one third of a cohort, consisting of either 60 or 120 men.
Webster's New World
A small cloth band formerly worn hanging from the left forearm by the celebrant of a Mass.
Webster's New World

(rare) A handful.

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Other Word Forms of Maniple

Noun

Singular:
maniple
Plural:
maniples

Origin of Maniple

  • From the Middle English maniple, manyple, manaple, from the Old French maniple, manipule (manipule in Modern French), from the Latin manipulus (“handful", “troop of soldiers"), from manus (“hand") + the weakened root of pleō (“I fill").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin manipulus handful manus hand man-2 in Indo-European roots -pulus perhaps -ful pelə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Maniple Sentence Examples

  • Over this the priest, robing for mass, puts on the amice, alb, girdle (cingulum), stole, maniple and chasuble.

  • In the Roman Catholic Church the amice, alb, girdle, stole, maniple, chasuble must be solemnly blessed by the bishop or his delegate, the prayers and other forms to be observed being set forth in the Pontificale (see Benediction).

  • Thus the alternative use of cope or chasuble (vestment) is allowed at the celebration of Holy Communion - an obvious compromise; of the amice, girdle (cingulum), maniple and stole there is not a word, 2 and the inference to be drawn is that these were now disused.

  • While, however, between the 9th and 13th centuries, the Western Church was adding largely to her store of vestments, that of the East increased her list by but three, the Evxfipcov and i rtyaviKCa (see Maniple) and the aaKKos (see Dalmatic).

  • He further made the cohort the military unit instead of the maniple, and his cavalry and light-armed troops were drawn from foreign countries, so that it may be said that Marius was the originator of the mercenary army.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAN

Words Ending With

ELEPLE

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