manger

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The door of the manger was ajar, and through it he saw the sky and the strange star still shining brightly.

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  1. noun A trough or an open box in which feed for livestock is placed.

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  • I've stated previously that I don't think handling a bullpen is Jerry Manuel's best skill as a manger, but that doesn't mean I think he mismanages it as some of his critics do. —  Mike's Mets
  • Most atheistic groups only show up to protest religious scenes like the manger or the Star of Bethlehem which indicates that even they know the true meaning of Christmas. —  The Reality Check
  • An old seminary professor once told me that not even the babe in the manger is the best picture of the true meaning of Christmas. —  The Reality Check
  • He said that to truly understand Christmas or the incarnation you had to ponder something far more wonderful than a babe in the manger which is; God in a baby. —  The Reality Check
  • If the first bed of Baby Jesus was an animal manger, then secondhand furniture is good enough for you. —  Catholic Exchange
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  1. Middle English, from Old French mangeoire, from mangier, to eat, from Latin mandūcāre, from mandūcō, glutton, from mandere, to chew.

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  1. from Middle English *mangeoure, manjowre, manjure, manjore, from Old French mangeoire, mangeure, manjure, maingeure, French mangeoire (= Portuguese manjadoira), from Middle Latin *manducatoria (cf. equivalent manducarium, a bag for oats, a horse's nosebag), a manger, literally an eating-place, from Latin manducare, chew, eat, later Old French mangier, French manger, eat: see mange.
 

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