the Holy Order of the Larkspur

An order of skater monks named for the stavesacre.

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stavesacre  n. - 1. an Old World larkspur whose seeds are violently emetic and cathartic.
2. its seeds. [alteration of Middle English staphisagria > Medieval Latin staphisagria > Greek staphis agria (literally) wild raisin > staphis raisin, and agrios wild]

larkspur  n. - 1. any of various plants of the crowfoot family, whose flowers have a curved, petallike upper sepal shaped like a spur. Most larkspurs have clusters of blue flowers on tall stalks.
2. the blue color characteristic of the larkspur: larkspur, a pastel blue slightly inclining to the mauve (London Daily Express). [earlier larkes spur > genitive of lark1 + spur]

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Members of the Order:

Father Jonathan of the Foxes
Brother Michael Cephale
Brother Matthew Spectrum
Brother Timothy of the Goose
Sister Christina Ichthoi



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