Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Manciple \Man"ci*ple\, n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with
   l inserted, as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See
   {Mancipate}.]
   A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of
   Court. --Chaucer.