Definition of maniple
1
: a long narrow strip of silk formerly worn at mass over the left arm by clerics of or above the order of subdeacon
2
[Latin manipulus, from manipulus handful]
: a subdivision of the Roman legion consisting of either 120 or 60 men
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The first known use of maniple was in the 15th century
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