Definitions for manciples

manciples man·ci·ple

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

Manciples is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 824 anagrams from letters in manciples (aceilmnps).

Definitions for manciples

noun

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

Origin of manciples

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 manciples

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for manciples
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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