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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.

Man*co"na bark` (?). See Sassy
bark.

Man"cus (?), n. [AS.] An old Anglo
Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated
values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of
modern English money.

-man`cy (?). [Gr. &?; divination: cf. F. -mancie.]
A combining form denoting divination; as,
aleuromancy, chiromancy, necromancy,
etc.

Mand (?), n. A demand.
[Obs.] See Demand.

||Man*da"mus (?), n. [L., we command,
fr. mandare to command.] (Law) A writ issued by a
superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some
corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the
performance of some specified duty.

Man`da*rin" (?), n. [Pg.
mandarim, from Malay mantrī minister of state,
prop.

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