The Canterbury Tales Prologue Vocabulary

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