Maniple Definition
(rare) A handful.
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Origin of Maniple
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From the Middle English maniple, manyple, manaple, from the Old French maniple, manipule (manipule in Modern French), from the Latin manipulus (“handful", “troop of soldiers"), from manus (“hand") + the weakened root of pleō (“I fill").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin manipulus handful manus hand man-2 in Indo-European roots -pulus perhaps -ful pelə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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