clept
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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And there an angel held Jacob still, and turned his name, and clept him Israel.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
Another trux made in the yere of Crist Ml.cc.xiij., in a towne clept in Edward ijd.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
And the best city of that country is clept Khorasan, and of that city beareth the country his name.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
From this land men go to another isle that is clept Silha.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
And so ever-more sithens, he is clept Prester John.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
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