Paladin of Souls - Lois McMaster Bujold [6]
Porifors: (POHR-ih-fohrs) Marchdom in Caribastos held by Arhys dy Lutez. Uniforms are gray tabards with gold.
provincar: (PRAH-vin-SAHR) Title of nobility, below a Roya and above a March, roughly equivalent to a duke. Addressed as “Your Grace”.
provincara: (PRAH-vin-SAHR-a) Wife of a Provincar, or a female provincar. Addressed as “Your Grace”. The Provincara (capitalized) is the dowager Provincara of Baocia in The Curse of Chalion.
Provincara, the: Widow of the former Provincar of Baocia, still controlling the (castle/palace/fortress) in Valenda. Her husband died ten years before The Curse of Chalion begins. Her son is current ruler of Baocia; her youngest child is Ista, the dowager Royina of Chalion.
Quadrene: (kwahd-REEN) Pertaining to a religion prevalent in Roknar which believes in four gods, omitting the Bastard. See also the Roknari heresy of the four gods; contrast with Quintarian.
Quintarian: (kwihn-TARE-ih-an) Pertaining to a religion prevalent in Chalion, Brajar, and Ibra which believes in five gods: the Father, the Mother, the Son, the Daughter, and the Bastard. Contrast with Quadrene.
Rauma: (RAU-mah) Town and Marchdom in northeastern Ibra.
Rinal, Lord dy: (rih-NAL) One of the younger courtiers of Chalion. Plays the bandit king at a mock abduction of Iselle; witnesses the Lady Pig incident and makes a butt of Dondo.
Rojeras, Dedicat: (ro-ZHER-as) A lay dedicat and a master physician of the Temple Hospital of the Mother’s Mercy in Cardegoss who has made a special study of wasting diseases. About 40, with sandy hair slightly receding from his forehead, freckles, and blue eyes.
Roknar: (ROCK-nahr) A region to the north of Chalion which consists of five princedoms on the mainland and the Roknari Archipelago; language is Roknari. Roknari hold to the Quadrene faith, believing in four gods and holding the Bastard to be a demon. They make sodomy a crime subject to torture and hanging.
Roknar Archipelago: Group of islands to the north of the Ibran Peninsula settled by Roknari Quadrenes but which are not part of the Roknari Princedoms.
Roknari: (rock-NAH-ree) 1. Of Roknar. 2. The language of Roknar, which has a complex system of address forms depending on the rank of the speakers.
Roknari heresy of the four gods: Belief in the Roknari princedoms that the Bastard is a demon like his father, not a god after his mother the Lady of Summer, making crimes of the odd loves that the Bastard rules; the Quadrene faith.
Roya: (ROY-ah) Ruler of a country, equivalent to a king.
Royal: Gold coin in Chalion.
roya’s milestone: Stones set to mark certain mileages on the roads of Chalion.
Royesse: (roy-YES) Daughter of a Roya, a princess.
Royina: (roy-EE-nah) The wife of a Roya, or (possibly) a female ruler of a country: a queen.
Royse: (ROISE) Son of a Roya, a prince.
Sanda, Ser dy: (SAN-dah) Secretary-tutor to Royse Teidez, was murdered, probably by Dondo dy Jironal in order to gain more influence over Teidez.
Saint: In Quintarian and Quadrene theology, a living soul who gives the gift of their soul (the control thereof) to their god, thereby allowing the god to act in the world. Saints have a second sight that allows them to see a glow on other saints but not on themselves. The person ceases to be a saint when the god’s presence is withdrawn, and they cease to glow. See also petty saint.
Sara, Royina: (SARE-ah) Royina of Chalion, wife of Orico, has chambers on top of Ias’s Tower. Mid-thirties, her earlier prettiness now faded and worn.
Ser: (SIR) Lowest title of nobility, below a castillar in rank.
Sera: Wife of a ser, or a female ser.
sermon of the cups: Classic sermon by Ordol, which illustrates that the gods of Chalion cannot act unless a living soul opens to them and gives up his or her will.
Snowflake: A white mule bought by the Provincara for Iselle.
Sister: See Daughter of Spring.
soldier-brother: A lay dedicat serving in one of the military / religious orders such as the order of the Son.
Son of Autumn: One of the gods of the Quintarian and Quadrene religions, also called