maniple
English
Alternative forms
- maniple [Middle English–present day]; manyple [Middle English & 16th C.]; manaple [Middle English & 17th C.]; mainipul, manypule [16th C.]; manipil (Scots, [16th C.]); manipul [17th C.]; manipule [17th–18th CC.]; manuple [17th & 19th CC.]
Etymology
From the Middle English maniple, manyple, manaple, borrowed from Old French maniple, manipule (manipule in Modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French), from the Latin manipulus (“handful”, “troop of soldiers”), from manus (“hand”) + the weakened root of pleō (“I fill”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: man‧i‧ple
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ænɪpəl
Noun
maniple (plural maniples)
- (rare) A handful.
- (historical) A division of the Roman army numbering 60 or 120 men exclusive of officers; any small body of soldiers; a company.
- 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, and sometimes worn in the English Church service.
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Translations
division of the Roman army
vestment
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “maniple”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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