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Definition of Manciples
1. manciple [n] - See also: manciple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manciples
Literary usage of Manciples
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the University of Oxford from the Earliest Times to the Year 1530 by Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (1886)
"... Principals of Halls—The manciples— Contents of a Clerk's Room—Books in
Use—General Sophisters— ..."
2. Argument of William Whiting, Esq. in the Case of Ross Winans V. Orsamus by William Whiting, Ross Winans, Orsamus Eaton (1853)
"... TRUE manciples OF THE EIGHT-WHEEL CAR. What are the true mechanical principles
of the construction and operation of the eight-wheel car ? ..."