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maniple |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Maniple \Man"i*ple\, n. [L. manipulus maniplus a handful, a certain number of soldiers; manus hand + root of plere to fill, plenus full: cf F. maniple. See {Manual}, and {Full}, a.] 1. A handful. [R.] --B. Jonson 2. A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company. --Milton. 3. Originally, a napkin; later an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church service.
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