Paladin of Souls - Lois McMaster Bujold [2]
Clara, Mother: (CLARE-ah) One of the Mother’s midwives and an acolyte in Cardegoss, and a petty saint of the Mother. Her gift from the Mother allows her to aid healing at times. Middle-aged and dumpy.
Dalus: (DAAL-us) Site of a battle in which Cazaril was a captain on the losing side.
Danni: (DAAN-ee) Childhood nickname of Bergon, used by his mother.
Daris: (DARE-his) Tongueless and thumbless undergroom in the Zangre, often serving Umegat. He is also a lay dedicat of the Bastard.
Darthaca: DAR-tha-ka Country to the south and beyond the mountains from Chalion, with South Ibra between them. Language is Darthacan. Referred to as “Great Darthaca”.
Daughter of Spring: One of the gods of the Quintarian and Quadrene religions, also called the Daughter or the Lady of Spring or the Sister. Colors are blue and white.
[Note from LMB: I rather think, but haven’t had occasion to mention and therefore fix it yet, that the Daughter has something to do with general and/or early education, the sort most people do in the spring of their lives. Her theological point on the body in the five-point sign (or four point sign, if you are a Quadrene) is the forehead, after all. (Lois-Bujold Mailing List, 20 July 2002)]
Daughter’s Day: A festival day for the Daughter of Spring on the first day of spring, the vernal equinox. A secondary festival for the Daughter is held at the middle of the season. Daughter’s Day events include collecting the quarterly gifts that will keep the temple running for three months. Household fires kept burning over the winter are extinguished, and a new fire is obtained at the temple.
Daughter’s Order: See Order of the Daughter.
death magic: A ritual which involves asking the Bastard to let one of his demons into the world, and then the demon returns with 2 souls — that of the asker and that of the one on whom the ritual is cast. Punishments for unsuccessfully attempting death magic are ferocious. Successful death magic is a miracle of justice.
Dedicat: (DED-ih-caat) The lowest or beginning level of members of a holy order. Dedicats have made a higher level of commitment than lay dedicats.
dedicat-commander: A lay dedicat or dedicat serving as an officer in a military order.
Demi: (DEM-mee) Groom in the castle in Valenda.
Deni: Groom in the castle at Valenda (typo for Demi).
Divine: The highest rank of members of a holy order; almost always entails advanced schooling. A divine is expected to be a preacher and a teacher, as well as assuming other tasks in holy service, most commonly of supervision of a temple on the local level. Smaller or more rural temples may have to make do with leaders of lesser training and rank.
Dondo: See Jironal, Dondo dy.
dowager Provincara: See Provincara, the.
Father of Winter: One of the gods of the Quintarian and Quadrene religions, also called the Father . Colors are black and gray; acolytes wear gray.
Father’s Day: A festival day on the first day of winter, the winter solstice. A secondary festival for the Father is held at midwinter. Father’s Day events include collecting the quarterly gifts that will keep the temple running for three months.
Father’s Feast: Feast held on the Father’s Day, typically with sacred music and dancing.
Ferda: (FUR-da) See Gura, Ferda dy.
Ferrej, Betriz dy: (fer-EZH, bee-TREZ dee) Daughter of Ser dy Ferrej, companion to Royesse Iselle. Brunette; nineteen years old.
Ferrej, Ser dy: fer-EZH Castle warder for the dowager Provincara of Baocia, father of Betriz. Stoutish, middle-aged.
Five-fold sacred gesture: Gesture of the Quintarian faith, performed when swearing an oath or calling down a blessing. The hand is touched to the forehead (Daughter, the mind), lip (Bastard, the tongue), navel (Mother, the womb), and groin (Father), then spread flat over the heart (Son). Quadrenes make a similar gesture at forehead, navel, groin, and heart with the thumb tucked beneath the palm, denying the fifth finger that is the Bastard’s.
Foix dy Gura: (FOY dee GUR-ra) See Gura, Foix dy.
Fonsa: (FAWN-sa) Roya of Chalion before Ias, known as Fonsa the