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Manciple vs Obsonator - What's the difference?

manciple | obsonator |

As nouns the difference between manciple and obsonator

is that manciple is a person in charge of purchasing]] and [[store|storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law while obsonator is (obsolete|or|historical) a caterer, a manciple.

manciple

English

(wikipedia manciple)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person in charge of purchasing]] and [[store, storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.

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    obsonator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or, historical) A caterer, a manciple.
  • * 1840 , John James Smith (editor), The Cambridge Portfolio, Volume 1, page 275,
    • Thus also in Caius College the Obsonator and Dispensator were Scholars, and the Promus too: but this was altered in 1634 — “cum multa incommoda et non leve damnum Collegium sæpius sustinuit? and it was determined to elect some “virum idoneum et non Scholarum.”
  • * 1897 , Douglas Macleane, A History of Pembroke College, Oxford, Anciently Broadgates Hall , page 500,
    • 1814. The offices of Obsonator , or Manciple, and Cook severed. Tuition fees to be increased, viz. Gentlemen Commoners to twenty-six guineas, Scholars and Commoners to thirteen guineas.
  • * 1952 , , page 399,
    • He looked down at Demetrius, the Obsonator , who sat on a platform several feet below him. “Will you have them bring in the cask? I confess, Demetrius, that I am anxious about it. It is an experiment this time.”
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