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