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manciple

/man-suh-puhl/US // ˈmæn sə pəl //UK // (ˈmænsɪpəl) //

弟子,徒弟,弟子们,徒弟们

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Used ludicrously to mean a feat of horsemanship in l. 50 of the Manciple's Prologue.

  • One of Chaucer's pilgrims is a manciple of the Temple, of whom he gives a good character for his skill in purveying.

  • The Manciple bowed himself from the dais and went down the middle of the hall, his keys rattling at his belt.

  • In the old black-letter editions, which retain this Epilogue, it is followed by the Manciple's Prologue.

  • The Prologue is self-explanatory; we see how the responsibility passed from the Cook to the Manciple.