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Definition of 'sadet'

English

Alternative forms

*sadete

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A type of spiritual leader or witch doctor among the Jarai people of Southeast Asia.
  • *c. 1919 , Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics , vol VII:
  • *:The sadete''''' who is most feared is the fire '''''sadete''''', known especially by the savages of the Assamese slope; the water '''''sadete''''' exercises a less perceptible sway over the Laotian slope; the power of the wind '''''sadete seems insignificant.
  • *1951 , (Norman Lewis), A Dragon Apparent , Eland 2003, p. 121:
  • *:At Cêo-Rêo, not far from Buon Choah, are located the villages of those enigmatic personages, the Sadets , of Fire and Water, whose fearsome reputation is widespread throughout Indo-China.
  • Similar to 'sadet'

    stoat, stet, stout, stat, stot, setout, stott, stdout, stut