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Aaron

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The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
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36 words

the brother of Moses (Moyses), a priest, is cited by the friar in The Summoner's Tale (III.1894) as

ABC

ABC   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
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230 words

one of Chaucer's shorter poems (184 lines, in eight-line stanzas). It is a translation of a prayer to the Virgin

Abigayl

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The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
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78 words

Abigail, the wife of Nabal in the Old Testament, saved her husband (I Sam. 25:1–35) from the wrath of King

Abraham

Abraham   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
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55 words

the Old Testament patriarch whose story is told in Genesis 11:27–25:18. He was traditionally held to be the image of

Absolon

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The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
Length:
76 words

in the Old Testament, the son of King David (2 Sam. 13–19:8), whose beauty and whose splendid head of hair

Absolon

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The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
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113 words

the Oxford parish clerk in The Miller's Tale, the rival of the clerk Nicholas for the affections of Alison.

accident

accident   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
Length:
146 words

is used to mean ‘chance happening’ or ‘occurrence’, but in medieval philosophy it also had a more technical sense, deriving

Accidie

Accidie   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
Length:
8 words

Sloth; one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Achademycis

Achademycis   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
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37 words

‘the scoles of … Achademycis’ [L. Academicis studiis], the ‘Academy’, the school of philosophy founded by Plato (in

Achate

Achate   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (early and medieval)
Length:
30 words

a faithful friend of Aeneas (Eneas), ‘a knyght’, mentioned in The House of Fame 226, and in the

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