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A manciple /ˈmænsɪpəl/ is a person in charge of the purchase and storage of food at an institution such as a college, monastery, or court of law. Manciples were sometimes also in charge of catering more generally, including food preparation.^[1]

The title still survives in some Oxford and Cambridge colleges, at the Charterhouse in the City of London, in the Party of the Right of Yale University, in Freemasonry as the title of one of the council officers in the Order of Royal and Select Masters (or Council of Cryptic Masons), and in the name of Manciple Street in the borough of Southwark, London SE1.

The term comes from Middle English maunciple, taken from Old French, which in turn comes from the Latin mancipium, manceps, a purchaser of stores.^[2]

References

^ Chaucer, Geoffrey (1994). The Canterbury Tales. New York: The Modern Library, 1994. Print. P631 [maunciple = caterer].
^ "manciple". Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language. 1993. Print. P870. [no mention of 'court of law'].

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[1] Chaucer, Geoffrey (1994). The Canterbury Tales. New York: The Modern Library, 1994. Print. P631 [maunciple = caterer].

[2] "manciple". Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language. 1993. Print. P870. [no mention of 'court of law'].

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 [[File:The Manciple - Ellesmere Chaucer.jpg|thumb|A manciple illustrated in the [[Ellesmere Chaucer]]]]
-A '''manciple''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|s|ɨ|p|əl}} is a person in charge of the purchase and storage of food at an institution such as a [[college]], [[monastery]], or [[court of law]].  Manciples were sometimes also in charge of catering more generally, including food preparation.  The title still survives in some [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] colleges, at the [[London Charterhouse|Charterhouse]] in the City of London, in the Party of the Right of Yale University, and in the name of Manciple Street in the borough of [[Southwark]], [[London]] SE1.
+A '''manciple''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|s|ᵻ|p|əl}} is a person in charge of the purchase and storage of food at an institution such as a [[college]], [[monastery]], or [[court of law]]. Manciples were sometimes also in charge of catering more generally, including [[Outline of food preparation|food preparation]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chaucer|first1=Geoffrey|title=The Canterbury Tales|year=1994|url=https://archive.org/details/canterburytales00chau_0|url-access=registration|publisher=New York: The Modern Library, 1994. Print. P631 [maunciple = caterer]}}</ref>
+The title still survives in some [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] colleges, at the [[London Charterhouse|Charterhouse]] in the City of London, in the Party of the Right of [[Yale University]], in [[Freemasonry]] as the title of one of the council officers in the [[Order of Royal and Select Masters]] (or [[Council of Cryptic Masons]]), and in the name of Manciple Street in the borough of [[Southwark]], [[London]] SE1.
-The term comes from [[Middle English]] "maunciple", taken from [[Old French]], which in turn comes from the [[Latin language|Latin]] "''mancipium''", "''manceps''", a purchaser of stores.
+The term comes from [[Middle English]] {{Lang|enm|maunciple}}, taken from [[Old French]], which in turn comes from the [[Latin language|Latin]] {{Lang|la|mancipium}}, {{Lang|la|manceps}}, a purchaser of stores.<ref>{{cite book|last1="manciple"|title=Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language|publisher=1993. Print. P870. [no mention of 'court of law']}}</ref>
 ==See also==
 *[[The Manciple's Prologue and Tale]]
+*[[Kappiya]], a similar role in Buddhism
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 [[Category:Food services occupations]]
-[[Category:Occupations]]
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