Maniples is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for MANIPLES in dictionary:

NOUN:
• MANIPLE, (Latin) a subdivision of Roman legion consisting of two centuries of 60 to 120 men each
• a subdivision of a Roman legion, containing either 120 or 60 men.
• (in the Christian church) a vestment formerly worn by a priest celebrating the Eucharist, consisting of a strip hanging from the left arm.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a silk band worn on the left arm as a vestment

Words related to MANIPLES

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How to use MANIPLES in a sentence

• The soldiers of the first line, called Hastati, consisted of youths in the bloom of manhood, who were distributed into fifteen companies, or maniples.
• The second line, the Principes, was composed of men in the full vigor of life, divided in like manner into 15 maniples, all heavily armed.
• The two lines of the Hastati and Principes taken together amounted to 30 maniples, and formed the Antepilani.
• The third line, the Triarii, composed of tried veterans, was also in 15 divisions, but each of these was triple, containing 3 maniples.
• The Hastati, Principes, and Triarii were each divided into 10 companies, called Maniples.
• The pirates could hardly bear up under the crushing discharge of darts, and the steady onset of the maniples.
• The maniples rushed onward as though the men were runners in a race, not soldiers clothed in armour.

Similar words containing MANIPLE without suffix s

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