Maniple a. : A handful.Maniple a. : A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company.Maniple a. : Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church service.Example:Do you know what a Maniple is?Taxonomymaniple, the Roman, vestment, celebration, the Mass, free encyclopedia, liturgical vestment, the Ordinary, embroidered, Mass, Mass vestments, Liturgy, Roman Rite, hands, commentators, military unit, liturgy of the Mass, General Instruction of the Roman Missal.Defination from the web:maniple is a liturgical vestment used primarily within the Roman Catholic Church and occasionally used by some Anglo-Catholic clergy. ... While the maniple was never formally abolished or suppressed, it eventually fell out of general use. ...
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