maniple

Derivation

• Latin: little bundle, because originally a folded handkerchief

Article

Ornamental vestment, a silk embroidered band about a yard long and three inches wide, placed on the left arm of subdeacons, deacons, priests, and bishops during Mass, so that it falls in equal lengths on both sides. The prayer said when putting it on styles it the maniple of tears and labor. In art it is associated with any vested clergy, but especially with

• Saint Colman of Stockerau

MLA Citation

• “maniple”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 October 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/maniple/>