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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

maniple ['mænəpl] ['mænɪpl]
  1. 1. noun 古罗马的步兵支队(由60或120名士兵组成
  2. 2. noun 神父左臂所悬垂的丝绸饰带

Collins English-English Dictionary

maniple ['mænɪpəl]
  1. 1. n (in ancient Rome) a unit of 120 to 200 foot soldiers
  2. 2. n [Christianity] an ornamental band formerly worn on the left arm by the celebrant at the Eucharist
  3. 3. n [Etymology] C16: from Medieval Latin manipulus (the Eucharistic vestment), from Latin, literally: a handful, from manus hand

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