manciple

Example Sentences

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They all converge on Manciple, who alone seems to have the clues.

From Time Magazine Archive

Enter the amateur, in this case Insurance Investigator Peter Manciple, who knows Devonshire like the back of his hand: he attended public school there, and was dubbed "Mathematics" Manciple by one professor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus the "Miller" and the "Reeve" are a noble pair running in parallel lines, though in contrary directions; so are the "Cook" and the "Manciple," and again and more especially the "Friar" and the "Summoner."

From Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

Bacchus, Bacchus! blessed be thy name,That thus canst turn our earnest into game.Worship and thanks be to thy deity.So on this head ye get no more from me.Tell on thy tale, Manciple, I thee pray.”

From Playful Poems by Morley, Henry

The Manciple coming upon the scene asked permission to eat with them, to which they agreed.

From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Dudeney, Henry Ernest