manciple

Definitions


[ˈmansɪpl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person in charge of buying provisions for a college, an Inn of Court, or a monastery


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Origin:
Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French and Old French from Latin mancipium ‘purchase’, from manceps ‘buyer’, from manus ‘hand’ + capere ‘take’




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