Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Privee, adj. secret, 4297.

Priveleges, s. pl. privileges, i.e. the extraordinary jurisdiction granted to the Mendicants by various Bulls, C 6472.

Privetee, s. secret, 5526, C 6878, 6882; Privite, private affairs, 2876.

Procreacioun, s. procreation, 4822.

Procuratour, s. proctor, or procurator; a collector of alms for hospitals or sick persons, (see Nares' Glossary), C 6974.

Professioun, s. profession, i.e. the monastic vows, 4910.

Profit, s. profit, advantage, 5556, C 5927.

Profred, pt. s. offered, C 6680; Profering, pres. pt. offering, 1981.

Properly, adv. simply, only, C 7537.