The Canterbury Tales Prologue Vocabulary
Across
- 3. The constellation Aries, first sign of the zodiac. The time is mid-April.
- 5. Having too much yellow bile and therefore bad tempered
- 7. Low-ranking officer who summons people to appear in court
- 8. Greek mythology god of the west wind
- 9. Short Jacket
- 13. Person who draws up a deed
- 15. Citizen
- 16. Head of a guild and therefore a town council member
- 18. Hood or long sleeve
- 20. A minor member of the church who bought and sold pardons for sinners
- 21. Puss-filled sores
- 22. Confessions and absolution
Down
- 1. A linen cover for the head and neck
- 2. Coarse cloth made of linen and cotton
- 4. Nine inches
- 5. Puss-filled skin inflammations, something like boils
- 6. A friar who has the excessive right to beg and preach in a certain area
- 10. Long dagger
- 11. British coin worth one fourth of a penny but no longer in circulation
- 12. Multi-colored
- 14. A stringed instrument that is plucked
- 17. Jolly
- 19. Horse
- 20. People who wore palm fronds to show they had visited the holy land