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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) maniple
(in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.

2. maniple
a Eucharistic vestment consisting of an ornamental strip worn over the left arm near the wrist. See illus. at chasuble.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME: the vestment (< MF) < ML manipulus, L: military unit, lit., handful =mani-, comb. form of manus hand +-pulus suffix of obscure orig., perh. akin to plēnusfull¹)

Definition of 'maniple'

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1. (adj) maniple
a handful

2. (adj) maniple
a division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company

3. (adj) maniple
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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