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Definition of Manciple
1. n. A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court.
Definition of Manciple
1. Noun. A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manciple
1. an officer authorized to purchase provisions [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manciple
Literary usage of Manciple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Inns of Court and Chancery by William John Loftie (1893)
"III The Inner Temple The oldest Hall —The Arms —Origin of the Pegasus—Plan of
the old Temple—The Lord Prior of St. John—A manciple — The Serjeants — The ..."
2. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"Lastly, come crowding in together the manciple, so " wise in buying of victual"
for the temple to which he belongs, dressed in a light-blue surcoat, ..."
3. The Corpus Ms (Corpus Christi Coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1879)
"... Wife of Bath, Pardoner, Monk, and manciple—and of 6 Allegorical Figures in
the Parson's Tale—Wrath and Merey, Gluttony and Abstinence, ..."
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