MANIPLE

Etymology 1

Noun

maniple (plural maniples)

(Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers.

Meronyms: century, cohort, legion

(Christianity, chiefly, historical) In Western Christianity, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes the Church of England.

Synonym: fanon (one sense)

(obsolete, informal) A hand; a fist.

Etymology 2

Noun

maniple (plural maniples)

(obsolete) A handful.

Anagrams

• impanel

Source: Wiktionary

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Man"i*ple, n. Etym: [L. manipulus, maniplus, a handful, a certain number of soldiers; manus hand + root of plere to fill, plenus full: cf. F.maniple. See Manual, and Full, a.]

1. A handful. [R.] B. Jonson.

2. A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company. Milton.

3. Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church service.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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