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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- maniple
['mænəpl]
['mænɪpl]
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1.
noun
古罗马的步兵支队(由60或120名士兵组成)
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2.
noun
神父左臂所悬垂的丝绸饰带
Collins English-English Dictionary
- maniple
['mænɪpəl]
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1.
n
(in ancient Rome) a unit of 120 to 200 foot soldiers
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2.
n
[Christianity]
an ornamental band formerly worn on the left arm by the celebrant at the Eucharist
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3.
n
[Etymology]
C16: from Medieval Latin manipulus (the Eucharistic vestment), from Latin, literally: a handful, from manus hand
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