manciple

American  

[man-suh-puhl] / ˈmæn sə pəl /

noun

1. an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.

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manciple British  

/ ˈmænsɪpəl /

noun

1. a steward who buys provisions, esp in a college, Inn of Court, or monastery

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Etymology

Origin of manciple

1150–1200 in sense “slave”; Middle English < Middle French manciple, variant of mancipe < Medieval Latin mancipium, Latin: a possession, slave, originally, 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

Example Sentences

So that the plowmans tale must be sett in some other place before the manciple and persons tale, and not as yt ys in the last editione.

From Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes 1865 edition by Kingsley, G. H. (George Henry)

At this moment the door opened, and in came the manciple with the dinner paper, which Mr. Vincent had formally to run his eye over.

From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry

"And yet this manciple made them fools, I wot."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various

A doctor of physic, a cook, a poor parson, a ploughman, a reeve, or estate agent, a manciple, and two disgraceful characters—a summoner and a pardoner—make up the total of the company.

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.

Here are some of them: manual, manoeuver, mandate, manacle, manicure, manciple, emancipate, manage, manner, manipulate, manufacture, manumission, manuscript, amanuensis.

From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)

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