cipe, m. (gs. ~, pl. -pí).1. Body of troops in close formation; rank, phalanx. Ina gcipí dlútha, in serried ranks. 2. Band. ~ daoine, band of people. Tháinig siad ina gcipí agus ina gcóistí, they came with pomp and ceremony; they came both high and low, in great numbers.