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n. An ornamental silk band hung as an ecclesiastical vestment on the left arm near the wrist.

n. A subdivision of an ancient Roman legion, containing 60 or 120 men.

n. A handful.

n. A division of the Roman army numbering 60 or 120 men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company.

n. Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes worn in the English Church service.

n. A handful.

n. A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers; any small body of soldiers; a company.

n. Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church service.

n. A handful.

n. In Roman antiquity, a military company consisting normally of 120 men in three out of the four classes of infantry (velites, hastati, and principes), and of 60 men in the fourth (triarii), with two (first and second) centurions and a standard-bearer. Three maniples constituted a cohort.

n. Hence A company or any small body of soldiers.

n. In the Western Church, one of the eucharistic vestments, consisting of a short, narrow strip, similar in material, width, and color to the stole.

n. In the middle ages, a garment worn under the armor.

"For many years the old tactical unit called the maniple had proven too small to contend with the massive, undisciplined armies the legions often had to fight; the cohort — three times the size of the maniple — had been gradually supplanting it in actual practice."

Maniple   

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handful    company   

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