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单词 maniple
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Definition of maniple in English:

maniple

noun ˈmanɪp(ə)lˈmænəpəl
  • 1A subdivision of a Roman legion, containing either 120 or 60 men.

    (古罗马军团中的)步兵中队(由120人或60人组成)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The maniples were arranged in 3 waves of 10 maniples each in a checker-board fashion.
    • But it was here that Scipio's preparation in lining up his troops in separate maniples bore fruit.
    • A battle-ravaged legion could have only two maniples, a hastily reorganised one could have ten.
    • A Roman tribune gathered twenty maniples from the rear lines of the Roman right wing and led them in an attack on the flank of the Macedonian right.
    • The Hastati were organized into centuries of 60 men, which were arranged into maniples of 120, of which there were 10 in a battle formation.
    • By 99 B.C., the army was reformed into cohorts, three maniples to a cohort.
  • 2(in the Christian church) a vestment formerly worn by a priest celebrating the Eucharist, consisting of a strip hanging from the left arm.

    (圣餐仪式时神父佩戴在左臂的)弥撒带

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Worn since the 6th century by Priests and Deacons in Ravenna, the maniple was incorporated throughout Wesern Europe within 400 years.
    • The chasuble, stole and maniple conform to the liturgical colour of the day, which varies according to the feast.
    • They go from the chasuble, wide stole, and maniple of his early priesthood to a succession of increasingly simple garments until they arrive at an academic gown.
    • The baptism is being conducted by an adult, a robed figure with a halo and a maniple, presumably John the Baptist.
    • During the liturgical changes after the Council, the maniple became optional.

Derivatives

  • manipular

  • adjective məˈnɪpjʊləməˈnɪpjələr
    • Of or relating to a maniple, a subdivision of a Roman legion containing either 120 or 60 men.

      (古罗马军团中的)步兵中队(由120人或60人组成)

      the legion of ten cohorts was more flexible than the manipular legion
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ilipa would have to be the best battle to see the flexibility of the manipular formation in action.
      • By the late 4th and early 3rd centuries BC, the army began to assume the familiar form of the manipular legion.
      • The three-line battle system, known generally as manipular warfare, required considerable training and effective leadership by officers to work.

Origin

Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French maniple, from Latin manipulus 'handful, troop', from manus 'hand' + the base of plere 'fill'.

Definition of maniple in US English:

maniple

nounˈmænəpəlˈmanəpəl
  • 1A subdivision of a Roman legion, containing either 120 or 60 men.

    (古罗马军团中的)步兵中队(由120人或60人组成)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A battle-ravaged legion could have only two maniples, a hastily reorganised one could have ten.
    • By 99 B.C., the army was reformed into cohorts, three maniples to a cohort.
    • A Roman tribune gathered twenty maniples from the rear lines of the Roman right wing and led them in an attack on the flank of the Macedonian right.
    • The Hastati were organized into centuries of 60 men, which were arranged into maniples of 120, of which there were 10 in a battle formation.
    • But it was here that Scipio's preparation in lining up his troops in separate maniples bore fruit.
    • The maniples were arranged in 3 waves of 10 maniples each in a checker-board fashion.
  • 2(in church use) a vestment formerly worn by a priest celebrating the Eucharist, consisting of a strip hanging from the left arm.

    (圣餐仪式时神父佩戴在左臂的)弥撒带

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Worn since the 6th century by Priests and Deacons in Ravenna, the maniple was incorporated throughout Wesern Europe within 400 years.
    • During the liturgical changes after the Council, the maniple became optional.
    • They go from the chasuble, wide stole, and maniple of his early priesthood to a succession of increasingly simple garments until they arrive at an academic gown.
    • The chasuble, stole and maniple conform to the liturgical colour of the day, which varies according to the feast.
    • The baptism is being conducted by an adult, a robed figure with a halo and a maniple, presumably John the Baptist.

Origin

Late Middle English (in maniple (sense 2)): from Old French maniple, from Latin manipulus ‘handful, troop’, from manus ‘hand’ + the base of plere ‘fill’.

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