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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MANIPLE
n.[L. manipulus, a handful. Qu. L. manus and the Teutonic full. ] 1. A handful.
2. A small band of soldiers; a word applied only to Roman troops.
3. A fanon, or kind of ornament worn about the arm of a mass priest; or a garment worn by the Romish priests when they officiate.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MANIPLE
Man "i *ple, n. Etym: [L. manipulus, maniplus, a handful, a certain number of soldiers; manus hand + root of plere to fill, plenus full: cf. F.maniple. See Manual, and Full, a.]
1. A handful. [R.] B. Jonson.
2. A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company. Milton.
3. Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church service.
New American Oxford Dictionary
maniple
man i ple |ˈmanəpəl ˈmænəpəl | ▶noun 1 a subdivision of a Roman legion, containing either 120 or 60 men. 2 (in church use ) a vestment formerly worn by a priest celebrating the Eucharist, consisting of a strip hanging from the left arm. DERIVATIVES ma nip u lar |məˈnipyələr |adjective maniple ( sense 1 ) ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 ): from Old French maniple, from Latin manipulus ‘handful, troop, ’ from manus ‘hand ’ + the base of plere ‘fill. ’
Oxford Dictionary
maniple
maniple |ˈmanɪp (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a subdivision of a Roman legion, containing either 120 or 60 men. 2 (in the Christian church ) a vestment formerly worn by a priest celebrating the Eucharist, consisting of a strip hanging from the left arm. DERIVATIVES manipular adjective maniple ( sense 1 ) ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 ): from Old French maniple, from Latin manipulus ‘handful, troop ’, from manus ‘hand ’ + the base of plere ‘fill ’.
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