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The mainstream religion in the book involves seven gods/seven faces of god so their temples tend to be seven-sided thus septs - septem Latin for 7. Depending on which dictionary you use, sept is either from L. septum/saeptum - an enclosure, or a formation of sect both echo nicely with the intended meaning. A septon is a person who presides over a sept.
You'll find frequently in science fiction and fantasy that that they don't explain or point out the "non-standard" words as this tends to break the world-building aspect. In this case, there is no relationship between this world and ours, so it would be odd for a character to mention churches or Catholic priests when there are no such things and everyone in that world would be expected to know what they are.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted sept, septon Logwood 01/09/06 03:33 PM Re: sept, septon tsuwm 01/09/06 04:11 PM Re: sept, septon Myridon 01/09/06 04:14 PM Re: sept, septon wsieber 01/10/06 01:50 PM Re: sept, septon of troy 01/10/06 02:23 PM Re: sept, septon wsieber 01/10/06 06:36 PM
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