n
iā, f., (manach), also with slender vowel mainchine:
(a) the duty or calling of a monk and in general the monastic life:
ro éla o tustigib i manchuine,
Fél.² lxiii 27
.
co na-tarad i mod
manchine amail cach manach fognama do Día,
Fél. 92.28
.
geibh misi it' manchaine (= let me be a monk under you),
Lism. L. 3492
, cf.
2039
. tri. l. ri teoir a máinchine aici-sium
in Hi `thrice fifty monks had he for contemplation',
1018
.
tanic
Constans a manchaine ┐ ro gabh rige,
Anecd. iii 66
(= C. . . .
quem ex monacho Caesarem fecerat,
Beda i 11
). an
t-airdeaspoc . . . do dhol i mainchini retired into a monastery,
AFM iii 144.1
. By extension a community of monks:
bui maincine mor ime [sc. im Mochuda] occ lubair . . . deichneabar ar
secht cedaibh dō isin mancine,
BNnÉ 300 § 1.
The monastic
profession, monasticism: fear ro athnuigh manchine ┐ canonach[a] riagulla hecailsi nErenn (of St. Malachy),
CS 346.9
.
Cf.
Lism. L. 3492
above.
(b)
service due to an abbot or monastery from a layman
, esp.
of tribute in kind, etc., apparently = 2 mainches
. dobéram ar
mainchine ┐ ar bhfoghnamh duit (said to Ciarán),
Lism. L.
4233
, cf.
4246
. dobéra cach manchaine a chlain[n]e . . . dō
every one shall give the service of his children . . . to him (sc.
Colmán),
BColm. 12.25
.
Trip. 558.27
.
[a] mainchene féin . . .
┐ a meic ┐ a oa ┐ a iarmoa co brath do Colum Cille ┐ do
mhuinnter Daire,
AU ii 188.15
, cf.
AFM iii 34.5
;
ii 714.7
. dorat
C. in mag ┐ a manchine do Chaillin `the plain and its profits'
(? his service),
Fen. 180.8
. dorat a mallachtain don ti . . .
doberadh a mhancine o Chiaran whosoever should take away
(withhold) his dues from [the community of ] C.,
RC xxvi 370.29
,
cf.
ACL iii 226.3
. In
Acall. 3506
,
3707
,
5900
,
6650
mainchine
is the reading of F. for maicne of text (see maicne).
(c)
service due from a tenant or clansman to his chief in return
for stock; acc. to O'Don. Sup.
service rendered by manual
labour
(as though < Lat. manus?), a restriction not borne out
by texts.
cia measom do cāin tsaorraith? Manchuine ┐
ureirge,
Laws ii 194.2
(glossed
.i. fer cacha somhuine do denam
a dūine no a meithle . . . no a sluaigedh lais,
ib. 9
, i.e. the
tenant is bound to build, reap, and fight for his chief).
dligidh
in flaith ceilsine . . . ar dē mīs fri manchuine,
ii 258.1
5 (acc. to
ib. 31 Comm.
for every heifer received as stock the tenant had
to furnish a man for military service for two months in the
year).
cōir mancuine fri sloiged fri dunad fri gell fri dail fri
fuba fri ruba fri fognam do Dia,
iii 22.4
(where the term
comprehends every kind of service). See
Manners and Customs I pp. cxi-cxii
.
(d) hence in wider sense service, attendance (on a person, in
a calling): ri ┐ brethem ┐ dias i manchuine (i.e. the king
travels accompanied by a brehon and two attendants),
Laws
iv 334.23 Comm.
scor fir mancuine (.i. in fer doni in m.¤ oibre),
v 490.2
,
23
. lucht manchuine servants or attendants (of a
chief),
iii 510.3
. In
O'Mulc. 865
manchaine prob. =
attendance or following allotted to a `file' acc. to his grade. lanfilidecht cach fir dib ┐ ceard manchani la cach fir dib (of the
Fianna),
ZCP viii 561.7
, cf.
i 472.9
. lēigis leabaid lāin mainc[h]ine rig Rōmān rūaid he left a comfortable berth, the service
of the strong king of the Romans (of the Apostle Matthew)
x 46.18
.