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- Dictionarymanciple/ˈmansɪpl/
noun
- 1. a person in charge of buying provisions for a college, an Inn of Court, or a monastery. archaic
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A manciple 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. Wikipedia