Suvin

First Appearance and Context

During Apert at the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a tour group includes uniformed ten‑year‑olds from a Bazian Orthodox suvin. In the Hylaean Way exhibits, the narrator explains that the word "suvin" means "under the vines," recalling bowers around the Periklyne in ancient Ethras where theors taught fids in the shade.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

  • Educational term: A suvin denotes a school or teaching cohort of fids, often associated with a particular doctrinal tradition (e.g., Bazian Orthodox). It underlies pedagogy described elsewhere as a Suvinian mode of instruction; see Suvinian Dialog.
  • Historical movement: In Late Middle Orth, a suvin is described in reference material as a restrictive faction that discouraged theoric work, locked libraries, and elevated mysteries over open inquiry. Its dominance is said to have ended at the Rebirth, after which access and attitudes changed within the Maths. Related terminology connects this usage to the sense of Mystagogue that labels members of such a suvin in that era.

Relationships

  • Pedagogy: Closely related to the didactic mode termed Suvinian Dialog, contrasted in usage with peregrin (peer‑to‑peer) and Periklynian (combative) dialogs.
  • Lexicon and periods: Definitions and sense labels follow periodized Orth, which tracks how terms shift across eras.

Descriptions/Characteristics

  • Etymology: Literally “under the vines,” from shaded bowers near the Periklyne where theors taught fids; the term generalized to mean a school or cohort.
  • Polysemy: The word bears both an educational sense (active usage) and a historical, institutional sense (movement) recorded in reference accounts.

Current Status/Location

The educational usage is current and observable (e.g., organized school groups). The historical movement sense is confined to accounts that label a past faction and note its end at the Rebirth; no ongoing suvin of that type is described.

Summary:

Suvin is a mathic term meaning "under the vines," commonly used for a school or teaching cohort. In historical usage, a suvin also names a restrictive movement in Late Middle Orth that discouraged theoric inquiry and is described as ending at the Rebirth.

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