Englentyne (3 syl.)
.The Nonne or Prioress of Chaucer’s pilgrims. An admirable character sketch. (Canterbury Tales; Prologue, 118–164.) (See Eloi.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.