Maniple

Quick meaning: Maniple is a noun meaning (Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers.

Meaning

(Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers.

More Meanings

1. (Christianity, chiefly historical) In Western Christianity, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes the Church of England.
2. (obsolete, informal) A hand; a fist.
3. (obsolete) A handful.

Example Sentences

He [Ignatius of Antioch] was taken to Rome in the custody of a maniple of ten soldiers.

Crossing the ditch, he was followed first by the men of his own maniple, and then by the whole legion.

There was an insane delight to be taken in their mission. They were but two maniples. If the alarm were raised, thousands of Syracusan defenders would rise from their beds, drunk or not, and annihilate them. If it weren't, the rewards would be immeasurable.

[T]hey, as men thinking baſelie of ſuch ſimple dealing, adde a great deale more to making of their prieſts: they muſt haue oyle, candels, baſens, tovvels, amices, albes, ſtoals, gyrdles, maniples, miters, bookes, croſſes, linnen, bandes, chalices, patens, ſinging cakes, vvine and vvater, flovver, and ſuch other thinges, trifled and toyed with all, […]

Word Forms

• maniples
• manyple
• manypule
• manaple
• manipul
• manipule
• manuple
• manipil

Synonyms for maniple

Depending on context, synonyms include fanon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fanon, orale, manicle, mancipee, array, manus.

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