Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MAN'I-PLE, n. [L. manipulus, a handful. Qu. L. manus and the Teutonic full.]

1. A handful.
2. A small band of soldiers; a word applied only to Roman troops.
3. A fanon, or kind of ornament worn about the arm of a mass priest; or a garment worn by the Romish priests when they officiate. Sp. Dict.