A Warrior's Sacrifice (41 page)

Wei Caste [
n, cap; pertaining to the caste itself
]

Week's End [
n, cap; a celebration held each week in the settlements
]

Wholeness [
n & adj, cap; Accessionist idea of the many parts combining back into one
]

wickt [
n & v & adj & adv; common curse word in the Republic; all the same connotations, conjugations, and uses as modern English's "Fuck"
]

Word of Command [
n, sing, cap; a word charged with Sahktriya to make the meaning behind the word palpable
]; Words of Command [
n, pl, cap
]

Xe [
cap, pron; gender-neutral pronoun of the Choxen
]

youngling [
n, lc; a recently decanted Choxen
]