Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
maniple , 4.
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Examples
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Evander when Aeneas came to him at his feast, did entertain and feast him sitting on the ground, and lying on mantles: insomuch that he useth the very word mantile for a mantle,
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Evander, when AEneas came to him at his feast, did entertain and feast him sitting on the ground, and lying on mantles: insomuch that he useth the very word mantile for a mantle --
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In earlier ages the maniple was called by various names: mappula, sudarium, mantile, fano, manuale, sestace, and manipulus, appellations which indicate to some extent its original purpose.
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The royal babe wore a long ermine mantile, and was carried by a gouvernante with two assistants, one on each side of her.
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