manubial
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/məˈnu.bi.əl/
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/məˈnu.bi.əl/ · /məˈnjuː.bi.əl/
Definition of manubial
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Taken as or relating to the spoils of war; funded from the spoils of war (especially in the Roman Empire).
“Ah where’s thy manubial glory of yore, The hall’s bright bedeckment of beauty?”
“1825, James Elmes, General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts, London: Thomas Tegg, under the entry COLUMN, […] the manubial column was ornamented with trophies and spoils taken from the enemy;”
“The luncheon formed a portion of the manubial stores left behind during the precipitate flight of Sunday, and consisted of preserved tripe—a very delicate dish, reader, I assure you.”
“Perhaps a more significant change can be discerned in the financing of temples and such activities as celebratory games. In the great days of expansion these had been (very often) financed from conquest, they were manubial, derived from spoil or imported wealth.”
“[…] the triumphal route […] was tightly packed with manubial temples, one directly upon the next, each permanently evoking a specific general’s victory.”
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Etymology
From Latin manubialis from manubiae (“money obtained from the sale of booty, plunder”).
Words you can make from manubial
126 playable · top: BIMANUAL (12 pts)
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19 words4-letter words
39 words- BALM 8 pts
- BIMA 8 pts
- BLAM 8 pts
- IAMB 8 pts
- LAMB 8 pts
- LIMB 8 pts
- NUMB 8 pts
- ALBA 6 pts
- ALMA 6 pts
- ALUM 6 pts
- AMIA 6 pts
- AMIN 6 pts
- BAAL 6 pts
- BAIL 6 pts
- BANI 6 pts
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- BUNA 6 pts
- LAMA 6 pts
- LIMA 6 pts
- LIMN 6 pts
- LUMA 6 pts
- MAIL 6 pts
- MAIN 6 pts
- MANA 6 pts
- MANI 6 pts
- MAUL 6 pts
- MAUN 6 pts
- MINA 6 pts
- MUNI 6 pts
- ALAN 4 pts
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- ANIL 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LUNA 4 pts
- NAIL 4 pts
- NALA 4 pts
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36 words- BAM 7 pts
- BUM 7 pts
- MIB 7 pts
- ABA 5 pts
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- ALB 5 pts
- AMA 5 pts
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- AMU 5 pts
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- LAB 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- LIB 5 pts
- LUM 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MIL 5 pts
- MUN 5 pts
- NAB 5 pts
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- NIB 5 pts
- NIM 5 pts
- NUB 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
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- NIL 3 pts
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