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English
Etymology
From French sadète, apparently from Lao.
Noun
sadet (plural sadets)
- A type of spiritual leader or witch doctor among the Jarai people of Southeast Asia.
c. 1919, Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, volume 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, published 2003, page 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.
Anagrams
- Stade, AEDST, Dates, teads, asdet, sated, desat, stead, TASed, stade, Deats, dates, tsade, Desta, tased, Stead