Paladin of Souls - Lois McMaster Bujold [5]
Martou: (mar-TOO) See Jironal, Martou dy.
memori boards: (mehm-MORE-ih) Plaques or similar items placed in a chapel in memory of a family member, similar to small Chinese shrines: “. . .tiers of little family memori boards” (in the chapel of the castle in Valenda)
Mendenal: (MEN-den-all) Archdivine of Cardegoss.
Mother’s Day: A festival day on the first day of summer, the summer solstice. A secondary festival for the Mother is held at midsummer. Mother’s Day events include collecting the quarterly gifts that will keep the temple running for three months.
Mother of Summer: One of the gods of the Quintarian and Quadrene religions, also called the Mother, or the Lady of Summer. Acolytes wear green. Healing and health are under the purview of the Mother. The Bastard is a child of the Mother and a demon.
Mother’s Midsummer: A festival day.
mourning colors: black and lavender
Naoza, ser dy: (na-OH-zah) Celebrated duelist in Valenda, assassinated by death magic by a provincial wool merchant whose only son he had killed in a duel.
North Ibra: A region of Ibra.
Oby: (OH-bee) A marchdom and a stronghold in Caribastos, the greatest fortress in Caribastos except the Provincar’s seat.
Oby, March dy: (OH-bee, MARCH dee) A noble of Chalion, father of Cattilara dy Lutez.
Officer of Inquiry: A member of the Chancellery of Justice of a province or (presumably) a royacy, sent to investigate suspected crimes. There are also Inquirers for Temples which investigate such things as alleged death magic attempts.
oil cake: Food sold by street vendors in Valenda.
Olus: (OH-lus) A mad Roknari prince, involved in a border war against Chalion five years before the opening of The Curse of Chalion; offered envoys Dondo dy Jironal and Cazaril the choice of cutting off the other’s head or dying. He was murdered by his own bodyguards a year after the border war.
Order of the Bastard: A religious order. Among its main concerns are the Temple’s foundling hospitals and orphanages.
Order of the Daughter: A military order, far smaller than the Son’s, concerns itself with domestic matters such as guarding temples, controlling banditry, etc.
Order of the Son: A military order in Chalion, with a tradition of battling the Roknari; most young men of military leaning swear themselves to the Son’s Order.
Ordol: (OAR-dole) Author of The Fivefold Pathway of the Soul: On the True Methods of Quintarian Theology, a major (perhaps the major) religious work of Quintarian theology.
Orico: (OAR-ih-ko) Present roya of Chalion at the opening of The Curse of Chalion; son of Ias and his Brajaran first wife. A little below average height; nose was broken in an accident and looks like a squashed mushroom in the middle of his face; hair was auburn, now graying to roan, curly; face pale and puffy, body grossly broadened.
Paginine: (PAH-gah-NEEN) A petty judge serving the municipality of Taryoon, and a petty saint of the Father. His gift from the Father allows him to sometimes tell who is lying.
Palli: (PAL-ee) see March dy Palliar
Palliar: (PAL-ee-are) A marchdom in Chalion. Palliar is not located in the province of Baocia.
Palliar, March dy: (PAL-ee-are, MARCH dee) A noble of Chalion who holds the lands of Palliar, lord dedicat of the Daughter’s Order at Palliar, and a close friend of Cazaril. He was Cazaril’s favorite lieutenant at Gotorget. A tall athletic man with dark hair. (Paladin of Souls) Marshal of Chalion.
Palma: (PAHM-ah) A village in Baocia, twenty-five miles from Valenda on the road from Ibra. Site of an inn with a spring sacred to the Daughter. The region around Palma is noted for fine pasturage, and a post of the Daughter’s Order there is devoted to breeding and training remounts for the Temple.
Pechma, Lord: (PECH-mah) Jokonan courtier, clerk to Umerue.
Pejar: (peh-ZHAR) Sergeant-dedicat of the Daughter’s Order, one of Ista’s escort on her pilgrimage.
petty saint: A saint whose ability to channel their god is very limited.
Porifors, Castle: (POHR-ih-fohrs)