Manciple
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Amanciple/ˈmænsɪpəl/is a person in charge of the purchase and storage of food at an institution such as acollege,monastery,orcourt of law.Manciples were sometimes also in charge of catering more generally, includingfood preparation.[1]
The title still survives in someOxfordandCambridgecolleges, at theCharterhousein the City of London, in the Party of the Right ofYale University,inFreemasonryas the title of one of the council officers in theOrder of Royal and Select Masters(orCouncil of Cryptic Masons), and in the name of Manciple Street in the borough ofSouthwark,LondonSE1.
The term comes fromMiddle Englishmaunciple,taken fromOld French,which in turn comes from theLatinmancipium,manceps,a purchaser of stores.[2]
See also
[edit]- The Manciple's Prologue and Tale
- Kappiya,a similar role in Buddhism
References
[edit]- ^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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