manciple

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English maunciple, from Old French manciple, from Medieval Latin mancipiolum (“lowly servant”), diminutive of Latin mancipium (“slave”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmænsɪpəl/ === Noun === manciple (plural manciples) A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “manciple”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === McAlpine == Old French == === Alternative forms === maciple === Etymology === From Medieval Latin mancipiolum, diminutive of mancipium. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “doesn't match phonetically”) === Noun === manciple m (needs inflection) servant (Can we date this quote?), Li Passions du roi Jhesu: manciple (person in charge of storing food) ==== Related terms ==== mancipe ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: maunciple, manciple, mawnciple, mawncypleEnglish: manciple === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “mancipe”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. “manciple”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022–2026