Măn'i-ple, n.
n. [Lat. manīpulus, manipulus, a handful, a certain number of soldiers, from manus, the hand, and plēre, to fill, plēnus, full; Fr. maniple, Sp. manipulo, It. manipolo.]
Sense 1. A handful.
Sense 2. A small band of soldiers; a company; — chiefly or exclusively used in speaking of Roman soldiers.
Sense 3. A kind of scarf worn about the left arm of a Roman Catholic priest; a fanon; a stole.