different between maniple vs fanon

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæn?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English fanon, fanoun, from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fan?, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô.

Noun

fanon (plural fanons)

1. A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
2. Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet.
3. A maniple.
4. (surgery) A fold of linen laid under a splint.

Etymology 2

Blend of fan +? canon

Noun

fanon (uncountable)

1. (informal, fandom slang) Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if canonical.

See also

• headcanon

Further reading

• Papal Fanon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fanon in fiction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fanon article at TV Tropes

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

French

Etymology

From Middle French fanon, fannon, from Old French fanon, fanum, borrowed from Frankish *fano (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Cognate with English fane and vane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.n??/

Noun

fanon m (plural fanons)

1. dewlap (pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, lizard, or other animal)
2. wattle (wrinkled fold of skin hanging from the neck of a turkey or other bird)
3. baleen plate; (in the plural) baleen (bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of a baleen whale)
4. feather, feathering (long hair on the lower legs of a horse)
5. (heraldry) bracelet on the right arm
6. fanon (vestment reserved for the Pope)
7. (usually in the plural) fanon (part of a bishops mitre)
8. (by extension, usually in the plural) tabs on a banner or pennant

Derived terms

• baleine à fanons

Middle English

Alternative forms

• phanoun, fanoun, fanun, fanen, vanone, phanone, phannenne

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fan?, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Doublet of fane (“flag, vane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?nu?n/, /?fanun/, /?fan?n/

Noun

fanon (plural fanons)

1. maniple, fanon

Descendants

• English: fanon

References

• “fan?un, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

fanon f (plural fanons)

1. (Jersey) fennel