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Definition of Manciple

Manciple
Manciple Man"ci*ple, n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with l inserted, as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See Mancipate.] A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court. --Chaucer.

Meaning of Manciple from wikipedia

- "The Manciple's Tale" is part of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It tends to appear near the end of most m****cripts of the poem, and the prologue...
- A manciple /ˈmænsɪpəl/ is a person in charge of the purchase and storage of food at an institution such as a college, monastery, or court of law. Manciples...
- Manciple Island (64°56′S 63°56′W / 64.933°S 63.933°W / -64.933; -63.933) is an island lying between Reeve Island and Host Island in the Wauwermans Islands...
- Kappiya is a Buddhist lay manciple (attendant or steward) who resides in a monastery (vihāra) and ****ists Buddhist monks (bhikkhu in Pali). The term kappiya...
- physic; a wife of Bath; a parson and his brother, a plowman; a miller; a manciple; a reeve; a summoner; a pardoner; the Host (a man called Harry Bailey);...
- Miller Roger The Cook Alison The Wife of Bath The Franklin The Shipman The Manciple The Merchant The Clerk of Oxford The Sergeant of Law The Physician The...
- master's lodgings, students' rooms – and the statutes provided for a manciple, a cook, a barber and a laundress. Both the founding of the college and...
- Nun's Priest's Tale The Second Nun's Tale The Canon's Yeoman's Tale The Manciple's Tale The Parson's Tale Chaucer's Retraction Other works The Romaunt of...
- too drunk and, after he falls from his horse and is helped back up, the Manciple tells a tale. The tale continues the general downward trend of the preceding...
- profane tradesman who overcharges and steals from his customers Manciple The Manciple's Tale A purchasing agent to an Inn of Court Reeve Osewald The Reeve's...