Peregrin

First Appearance and Context

A Dictionary entry (4th edition) defines several senses of the term and is echoed in current speech among avout (cloistered scholars) preparing to travel outside their math (cloister community).

Concept and Description

Peregrin carries multiple related meanings: - A historical epoch following the destruction of Orithena’s temple and preceding a later golden age. - A designation for a theor (philosopher-mathematician) who survived that destruction and wandered, sometimes alone and sometimes alongside others. - The name of a Dialog (philosophic exchange) associated with that wandering tradition. - In modern usage, the status of an avout who—under exceptional circumstances—leaves a math and travels through the Sæculum (world outside maths) while striving to observe the spirit of the Discipline (rules of cloister). The phrase is also used as a verb (to "make peregrin") and for traveling cohorts (a "Peregrin group").

Historical associations

• Orithena is invoked as the place from which the first Peregrins departed; one speaker presents this as a point of origin for the tradition connected to the Lineage (rumored tradition) at Orithena. See also Lineage.

Use in Current Discourse

• Speakers emphasize that Peregrin is a practical status as well as a historical label; when many leave together, they aim to preserve elements of the Discipline (rules of cloister) while in the Sæculum (world outside maths).
• Gatekeepers sometimes distinguish between Convox (mass assembly) travel and individual travelers, noting that when no Convox is summoned they "do not look for peregrins."

Related Concepts and Affiliations

• Avout
• Discipline
• Convox
• Sæculum
• Peregrin period
• Orithena
• Lineage
• Saecular Power

Current Status

Actively used in speech and in reference works. The term spans historical and practical senses and is applied both to persons ("a Peregrin") and to the condition or journey of traveling outside; usage as a verb is attested.