- present tense form of manacle (3rd person singular).
manacles
Example Sentences
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The climactic Act I Te Deum comes complete with choirboys and birettas, maniples and chasubles.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2010
As the centurion might rise from the ranks by regular gradation through the different maniples of the Hastati, Principes, and Triarii, there was great inducement held out to the soldiers.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by Lord, John
The second line, the Principes, was composed of men in the full vigor of life, divided in like manner into 15 maniples, all heavily armed.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir
By the shield of Hercules, I tell thee that they did not tremble when clouds of Parthians advanced on our maniples with howls, but they trembled before the cistern.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
The soldiers of the first line, called Hastati, consisted of youths in the bloom of manhood, who were distributed into fifteen companies, or maniples.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by Lord, John
