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R
Ravenclaw - Hogwarts school house
Rotfang Conspiracy - Alleged conspiracy by Luna within the Ministry using a combination of Dark magic and gum disease
S
S.P.E.W – Organisation started by Hermione for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare
Secret-Keeper - The one who holds the secret using the Fidelius Charm
Serpent-tongue - Nickname on Salazar Slytherin
Seven of Spades – Card reading; meaning an ill omen
Sickles - Silver wizarding coins of medium value; worth 29 Knuts
Side-Along-Apparation – Apparation while taking another along
Skull, The- Divination; danger in your path
Slug Club, The – Club that Slughorn created to make ties with potentially well placed witches and wizards
Slytherin - Hogwarts school house
Smeltings stick - A part of the Smeltings’s uniform used to hit others when the teacher’s aren’t looking
Snatchers - Caught Mudbloods and other "bad people" and turned them in for money
Snidget-Hunting - Popular sport from the early 1100’s. Since the Snidget is hard to catch it gave prestige. It crossed paths with Quidditch in 1269, but was eventually replaced with the Golden Snitch
Sorting (Ceremony), The - Ceremony at the start-of-term banquet in which the sorting hat divides the pupils into the four houses
Special Award for Service to the School - Award you receive when you’ve done something extraordinary, ie saving the school
Splinched - If you leave part of yourself behind when you apparate
Start-of-term Feast - The banquet at the start of term at Hogwarts
Stealth and Tracking - Course during Auror training
Supreme Mugwump - Leader of the International Confederation of Wizards
T
Taboo - Set in when Voldemort was in power; those who weren't afraid of him used his name, so the Taboo was a way for Death Eaters to trace those people (normally OOTP); as soon as someone said "Voldemort" all protective charms would disappear and Snatchers would arrive
T - Troll, grade in OWL’s
Ten of Spades – Card reading; meaning violence
Tokens/Coins - Coins that allow entry into the Ministry of Magic; embossed with M.O.M.
Transfiguration - Subject at Hogwarts
Triwizard Tournament, The - It was first established about 700 years ago as a friendly competition between the three largest European schools of wizardry; Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. A champion is selected from each school and they compete in 3 magical tasks
Two of Spades – Card reading; meaning conflict
Last edited by Nienna : 04-04-2008 at 01:34 PM.
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