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maniple

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.