manubial

Examples of manubial in a sentence

• 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.1862, Samuel Phillips Day, chapter 2, in Down South; or, An Englishman’s Experience at the Seat of the American War,, volume 2, London...
• In the great days of expansion these had been (very often) financed from conquest, they were manubial, derived from spoil or imported wealth.1982, Alan Wardman, chapter 4, in Religion and Statecraft among the Romans, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, page 100:
• […] the triumphal route […] was tightly packed with manubial temples, one directly upon the next, each permanently evoking a specific general’s victory.2006, Katherine E. Welch, “Art and Architecture in the Roman Republic”, in Nathan Rosenstein, Robert Morstein-Marx, editors, A Companion to...

Synonyms of manubial

• looted
• plundered

Origin of manubial

From Latin manubialis from manubiae (“money obtained from the sale of booty, plunder”).

Questions about manubial

What does manubial mean?

Manubial means taken as or relating to the spoils of war; funded from the spoils of war (especially in the Roman Empire).

How do you use manubial in a sentence?

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.

What part of speech is manubial?

Manubial is an adjective.

How do you pronounce manubial?

Manubial is pronounced /məˈnu.bi.əl/ (US).