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Investiture: | The ceremony wherein a Prince and Princess receive their Coronets, a Landed Baron and Baroness receive the insignia of their Barony, or an officer receives tokens of office. |
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Knight: | A member of the Chivalry who chose to swear fealty to the Crown. |
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Laurel: | A person recognized by the King, Queen, and other Laurels as one who has excelled to a mastery level in an Art or Science, and who possesses great virtue. |
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Lists: | The field on which a tournament or combat activity is taking place. (In the West, it is synonymous with the tournament itself as well. ie "join the lists") |
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Lord/Lady: | As capitalized, is used as a title within the SCA for those with Awards of Arms. |
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Marshal: | A specially trained person who oversees combat activities. (Our version of a referee.) |
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Merchant's Row: |
The area of an event where folks who are selling merchandise set up. The perfect place for all your medieval shopping! |
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Mundane: | Modern, not-in-the-SCA. Not meant to be insulting. |
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Officer: | Someone appointed (volunteered) to do one of the jobs in the civil service of a Society branch, or of the SCA as a corporation. |
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OYEZ!: | Cry used by heralds in some Kingdoms, to gain the attention of the populace. Stop and listen for the announcement when you hear a herald call - for simple courtesy, as the herald is the voice of the Crown, and because you may well need to know what he's trying to tell you. (pronounced Oh-yay) |
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Pavilion: | A term used to refer to a medieval-style tent. |
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Peer: | A Knight, Laurel, or Pelican |
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Pelican: | A person recognized by the King, Queen, and other Pelicans as one who has served their Kingdom and the SCA greatly and who possesses great virtue. |
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Period: | The historical era used by the SCA as a base for its activities. Period is generally considered 600 AD. to 1600 AD. |
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Persona: | The character assumed by an SCA member. This may involve anything from adopting a name to developing a full history for a person born and raised at some specific place and time in the period covered by the SCA. |
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Populace: | A word describing the inhabitants of a kingdom, place or group present at an event. |
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Privy: | Chemical toilet used at camping events. |
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Post-revel: | A party after the main event, usually in someone's home, for socializing and unwinding. Guests often wear modern clothes. Post-revels are not SCA official sponsored activities. |
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Proof of Membership: |
Your membership card or a recent Kingdom newsletter label with your name and address. |
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Protege: | A person accepted as a student by a Master or Mistress of the Pelican. |
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Rattan: | The stem of a climbing palm, used for Heavy Weapons because its weight and handling properties resemble steel while its overall resilience and other properties permit it to be used with relative safety. |
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Revel: | A gather devoted to dancing, drama, conversation, games, and refreshments. (A party.) |
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Regnum: | List of Society branches and officers. |
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Royal Peer: | A Count, Countess, Duke, or Duchess. These people have served as King or Queen. (Counts and Countesses have reigned once, and Dukes and Duchesses have reigned twice.) |
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SCA name: | The name someone uses in the Society. Includes at least one given name, and can have at least one other name or qualifier, but no titles; all titles used in the Society must me granted by SCA royalty. |
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Seneschal: | Group administrator, and legal representative of the SCA found at local, regional, kingdom, and Society levels. |
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Squire: | A fighter who has been accepted as a student by a member of the Chivalry. (In the West, squires wear red belts in token of the association.) |
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Site: | The place an event is being held. |
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Site Fee: | The cost of admission to an event, usually stated in the coin of the modern country where the event is being held. |
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Tourney: | Originally a verb meaning "to take part in a tournament," the word is now often used to mean the event itself. |
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War: | A gathering at which the main event is one or more fighting competitions for large groups of participants, involving the use of woodlands or other broken terrain and sometimes a mixture of Heavy Weapons and Archery combat. Wars usually feature other activities, such as a Merchant's Row and Court. |
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