manubial

adjective /məˈnu.bi.əl/

1. Taken as or relating to the spoils of war; funded from the spoils of war (especially in the Roman Empire).

   The hall’s bright bedeckment of beauty?

   Ah where’s thy manubial glory of yore,

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry manubial (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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