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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024man•ci•ple (man′sə pəl),USA pronunciation n. - an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
- Medieval Latin mancipium, Latin: a possession, slave, origin, 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
- Middle French manciple, variant of mancipe
- Middle English 1150–1200 in sense "slave''
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: manciple /ˈmænsɪpəl/ n - a steward who buys provisions, esp in a college, Inn of Court, or monastery
Etymology: 13th Century: via Old French from Latin mancipium purchase, from manceps purchaser, from manus hand + capere to take |