sedai
- noun
- /sɛˈdaɪ/
- Jargon
- In the world of magic, an Aes Sedai can channel energy to perform powerful spells.
- Aes Sedai
- Sedai said
- answer an Aes Sedai
Examples
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Slowly, calmly, the Aes Sedai knelt and took his head between her hands.
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"I want to be Aes Sedai, Mother," Elayne said in a firm voice.
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"Not a word," Verin Sedai said, "and not a word shall it be."
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I can keep out of Aes Sedai hands if I want to.
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Do you know two of your Aes Sedai are helping him?
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With a quick, "As you command, Aes Sedai," he took off into the grounds at a run.
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If there were not, Aes Sedai would be killed every time they left the Tower.
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"Forgive me, Sheriam Sedai," she said quickly, "but I must fetch my cloak."
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"Good morrow to you, Aes Sedai," he said, bowing with a hand to his heart.
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Except for the most formal occasions, few Aes Sedai wore the vine-embroidered shawl with the white teardrop.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
A person who uses magic to make things happen
A person who uses magic in stories or myths
A person who focuses and controls magical energy in stories or games
How Powerful
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Sedai is also known from the famous name Aes Sedai in a popular fantasy series, where a sedai is 'a person who can use magic', so the word comes to mean a magical channeler in that story world.