man|ci|ple

man|ci|ple
man|ci|ple «MAN suh puhl», noun.
a person who buys provisions for a college or other institution; steward.
[< Old French manciple, mancipe, learned borrowing from Latin mancipium acquisition; a purchase, slave < manceps, -cipis purchaser < manū capere to take in hand]

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