Definitions for manciple

manciple man·ci·ple

Spelling: [man-suh-puh l]
IPA: /ˈmæn sə pəl/

Manciple is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 396 anagrams from letters in manciple (aceilmnp).

Definitions for manciple

noun

  1. an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.

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 ma

Examples for manciple

The Canon's Yeoman's tale is the first told on the third day, and the manciple's is only the second.

manciple, you are responsible for the preservation of that Star-fish.

Extra food obtained from the manciple to be eaten in private was called Battels.

One of Chaucer's pilgrims is a manciple of the Temple, of whom he gives a good character for his skill in purveying.

Chaucer repeats the example yet a third time, in the manciple's Tale, H. 163.

The manciple is chaffing the ‘coke’ for having had too much to drink.

The satire was too much for the Cook, who became excited, and fell from his horse in his attempts to oppose the manciple.

He did as soon as Alice said that about whining and grizzling being below the dignity of a manciple.

I may add that pulled, in the sense of 'plucked off the feathers,' occurs in the manciple's Tale; H. 304.

manciple, man′si-pl, n. a steward: a purveyor, particularly of a college or an inn of court.

Word Value for manciple
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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