Associations to the word «Maniple»
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Wiktionary
MANIPLE, noun. (rare) A handful.
MANIPLE, noun. A division of the Roman army numbering 60 or 120 men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company.
MANIPLE, noun. 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, and sometimes worn in the English Church service.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.