different between maniple vs century

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæn?p(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæn?p?l/
• Hyphenation: man?i?ple

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English maniple, manyple (“scarf worn as vestment, maniple”), borrowed from Middle French, Old French maniple, manipule (“handful; troop of soldiers; scarf worn as vestment”) (modern French manipule), from Latin manipulus (“bundle, handful; troop of soldiers”), from manus (“hand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh?- (“to beckon, signal”)) + the weakened root of ple? (“to fill; to fulfil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?- (“to fill”)). The English word is cognate with Italian manipulo (“scarf worn as vestment”) (obsolete), manipolo (“handful; troop of soldiers; scarf worn as vestment”).

Sense 2 (“part of a priest’s vestments”) is probably from the fact that the item was originally carried in the hand. It may originate from a handkerchief or napkin worn by Roman consuls as an indication of rank.

Noun

maniple (plural maniples)

1. (Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers.

   Meronyms: century, cohort, legion
2. (Christianity, chiefly historical) In Western Christianity, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes the Church of England.

   Synonym: (one sense) fanon
3. (obsolete, informal) A hand; a fist.

Alternative forms

• manyple [Late Middle English–16th c.]
• mainipul, manypule [16th c.]
• manaple, manipul [17th c.]
• manipule [17th–18th c.]
• manuple [17th and 19th c.]
• manipil (Scotland) [before 18th c.]

Derived terms

• maniple of the curates

Related terms

• manipular
• manipulary (obsolete, rare)

Translations

See also

• (part of a priest's vestments): epimanikion

Etymology 2

Probably from Late Latin manipulus (“bundle, handful; drachm”) (see further at etymology 1), modelled on Ancient Greek ?????? (drágma, “bundle, handful; sheaf”) which was confused with ?????? (drakhm?, “drachm”).

Noun

maniple (plural maniples)

1. (obsolete) A handful.

References

Further reading

• maniple (military unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• maniple (vestment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• impanel, palmine

English

Etymology

From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.t???.?i?/, /?s?n.t???i?/, /?s?n.t????i?/
• Hyphenation: cen?tu?ry, cent?ury
• Homophone: sentry (for some speakers)

Noun

century (plural centuries)

1. A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
2. A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
4. A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
5. (cricket) A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
6. (snooker) A score of one hundred points.

7. (sports) A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
8. (US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Synonyms

• (period of 100 consecutive years): yearhundred (very rare)
• (Roman army unit): centuria

Meronyms

• (major unit of the Roman army): cohort, maniple, legion

Derived terms

Related terms

• centurion

Translations

See also

• centennial, semicentennial, multicentennial, bicentennial, sesquicentennial, tricentennial, quadricentennial, quincentennial, sexcentennial, septicentennial, octocentennial, novocentennial
• secular, plurisecular, multisecular
• centenary, bicentenary, tricentenary, quadricentenary, quincentenary, sexcentenary, septicentenary, octocentenary, novocentenary
• centenarian, multicentenarian

Anagrams

• cuntery, curteyn