The Dictionary

The Dictionary is an authoritative in-world lexicon. Its entries present multiple senses for a term and note how meanings vary across historical and disciplinary forms of Orth. The cited 4th edition (A.R. 3000) sometimes records brief historical notes and scholarly positions on how a term has been understood.

First Appearance and Context

Quotations attribute entries to "THE DICTIONARY, 4th edition, A.R. 3000." Examples include the headwords Avout and Extramuros, which lay out numbered senses and tag them by Orth tradition.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Serves as an in-text authority for usage within the Mathic World, distinguishing senses by era and discipline in Orth.
• Notes orthography, abbreviations, or pronunciation where helpful, and occasionally appends historical context or scholarly viewpoints.

Relationships

• Cited by avout and narrators as a standard reference; no compiler, editor, or sponsoring order has been identified in the material available so far.
• Individual entries may allude to maths, concents, orders, and historical periods; these are treated as contextual signals rather than ascriptions of authorship.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Citation style appears in uppercase ("THE DICTIONARY") with edition and date (e.g., "4th edition, A.R. 3000").
• Entries are structured as numbered senses across periods of Orth. Selected examples:
• Avout: includes senses for an individual who has sworn to the Cartasian Discipline, a plurality of such persons, and a community of them (e.g., a math).
• Extramuros: ranges from the literal "outside the walls" to a contrast term for the non-mathic world, depending on period and context.

Current Status/Location

Known through cited excerpts; the compilers and physical location of the work have not been specified.