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Definitions for Manciple
[1] an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
[2] a steward who buys provisions, esp in a college, Inn of Court, or monastery
Words related to Manciple
waiter, attendant, administrator, curator, foreman, proctor, guardian, bailiff, director, manager, agent, magistrate, officer, seneschal, reeve, major-domo, purveyor, chamberlain
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Origin of Manciple
1150–1200 in sense “slave”; Middle English < Middle French manciple, variant of mancipe < Medieval Latin mancipium, Latin: a possession, slave, orig., 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
Word origin for Manciple
C13: via Old French from Latin mancipium purchase, from manceps purchaser, from manus hand + capere to take
Synonyms for Manciple
administrator, attendant, curator, waiter, agent, bailiff, chamberlain, director, foreman, guardian, magistrate, major-domo, manager, officer, proctor, purveyor, reeve, seneschal, dapifer