manciple

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I had, indeed, took the liberty of telling the manciple that you was not a gentleman to give more trouble than you could 'elp.

From The Ship of Stars by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

In Tyrwhitt's edition of Chaucer, however, and in all other copies I have seen, the reading is "A gentil manciple was ther of a temple."

From Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 by Various

Here are some of them: manual, manoeuver, mandate, manacle, manicure, manciple, emancipate, manage, manner, manipulate, manufacture, manumission, manuscript, amanuensis.

From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)

The manciple was to pro- vide all wine and mead, the keeping up the stock of earthenware cups, jugs, basins, and other vessels, together with the lamps and oil.

From The Coming of the Friars by Jessopp, Augustus

"And yet this manciple made them fools, I wot."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various