Jineev glossary

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Glossary for the Jineev Jihad game

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BSJ term for Ix
Analyst
BSJ term for Mentat
Bene Gesserit
Powerful organisation of women trying to breed a perfect human
Cherem
Brotherhood of hate (usually for revenge)
CHOAM
Commercial body, owned by the Houses, for distributing melange
Dahi
Zensunni missionary/proselytiser
Dar Al-Hikman
School of religious interpretation
Dava
Zensunni priest
Death tripod
Three members of a cherem sworn to the same revenge
Deathwire
BSJ term for shigawire
Faufreluches
Imperium-imposed systems of class distinction
Fedayin
BSJ term for Fedaykin
Fedaykin
Fremen death commando
Felkit
BSJ term for fremkit
Fellahin
BSJ term for Fremen
Fidahi
Covert jihadi
Fiqh
Actual, pragmatic judgements based on sharia. Compare with Ilm
Fremen
Native of Arrakis's desert
Hujjat
Zensunni magistrate
Hyamuni
'Wanderers', the mystic branch of Zensunnism. Compare with Qizarate
Jahiliyya
False consciousness in which non-believers do not see the truth of the superiority of Zensunnism
Ilm
Zensunni theology. Compare with Fiqh
Ix
Technological planet
Kanly
Formal feud between Houses
Matriarch
BSJ term for Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother
Maula gun
Gun with slow projectiles to penetrate shields
Melange
Geriatric, prescience-inducing, drug
Mentat
Human computer
Mustajib
Aide (to dava or dahi)
Naib
Sietch/clan leader
OCDC
BSJ term for CHOAM
Pir
Planetary governor
Prana-Bindu
Muscle-nerve training, taught by the Bene Gesserit
Qizara
Fremen priest who follows Maud'Dib
Qizarate
Outward directed, bureaucratic arm of Zensunnism. Compare with Hyamuni
Rafiq
Fremen soldier
Reverend Mother
High adept who has drunk Water of Death and survived. Bene Gesserit or Fremen
Salt
BSJ term for spice, melange
Sarfa
The act of turning away from god
Sayyadina
Aide to a Fremen Reverend Mother
Sharia
Holy law, as defined in the Orange Catholic Bible and the Zensunni scripture
Shaykh
BSJ term for Naib
Shigawire
Organic monofilament, used for data storage
Simhanda
BSJ term for Prana-bindu
Sister to the Tribe
BSJ term for Sayyadina
Sisterhood
BSJ term for Bene Gesserit
Slave
BSJ term for maula
Spice
Colloquial term for melange
Tahaddi challenge
Fremen challenge to mortal combat
Ummah
The Zensunni 'nation'
Wetsuit
BSJ term for stillsuit