manciple

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manciple - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Manciple \Man"ci*ple\, n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with
     l inserted, as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See
     Mancipate.]
     A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of
     Court. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]