manciple
Americannoun
noun
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
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"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 Charles G. Harper
I had, indeed, took the liberty of telling the manciple that you was not a gentleman to give more trouble than you could 'elp.
From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The manciple was to pro- vide all wine and mead, the keeping up the stock of earthenware cups, jugs, basins, and other vessels, together with the lamps and oil.
From The Coming of the Friars by Augustus Jessopp
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 G. H. (George Henry) Kingsley
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