List of Collective Nouns

This list is not language specific but represents terms as used internationally for collective nouns. Many of these are considered fanciful or poetic, such as the terms for groups of divinities. This list focuses on nouns that are unusual or unknown on Earth and often peculiar to Asdar. The use of these terms reflects a bookish learning and some of them are rather uncommon.

Divinity and Otherworldly

• Aio: conspiracy of aio, treachery of aio
• Chrysangelist: chorus of chrysangelists, host of chrysangelists, coruscance of chrysangelists
• Devil: vexation of devils
• Demon: gloom of Demons,
• Elamahti: gust of Elamahti, gale of Elamahti, confluence of Elamahti, levitation of Elamahti
• Sky God: confulguration of sky gods
• Sun God: coronation of sun gods
• Throe: frenzy of throes, pandemonium of throes, scourge of throes
• Undead: dread of undead
• Zombie: plague of zombies, pestilence of zombies, horde of zombies

Draconic

• Dragon: flight of dragons, weyr of dragons
• Wyvern: plunge of wyverns, aerie of wyverns, eyrie of wyverns

Human and Humanlike

• Bugbears: company of goblins
• Chaos Mages: dissension of chaos mages
• Dwarves: company of dwarves, lode of dwarves
• Elves: bosque of elves
• Gishak: knot of gishak
• Goblin: warren of goblins, company of goblins
• Halfling: colony of halflings, clan of halflings
• Ithrabbi: shoal of ithrabbi, pond of ithrabbi
• Lizardfolk: nest of lizardfolk, mess of lizardfolk
• Merfolk: school of merfolk
• Ogre: gang of ogres
• Orc: sounder of orcs
• Troll: circus of trolls, sloth of trolls, pernoctation of trolls

Inanimate Objects

Borgissa: munition of borgissas, fulmination of borgissas, bombast of borgissas

Animals

• Gontha: flock of gontha
• Gibgibsews: drove of gibgibsew, crash of gibgibsews
• Organchan Vorax:

Professions and Religionists

• Arathracian: indignation of Arathracians
• Chaos Worshipers: dissolution of chaos worshipers
• Dragomans: mission of dragomans
• Incarnandists:
• Incarnandist Monks: lamentation of monks
• Incarnandist Nuns:
• Mages, Mage: conclave of mages, conclave of magi
• Necromancers: oblivion of necromancers
• Priests: college of priests
• Psychic Crusader: determination of psychic crusaders, concentration of psychic crusaders, siege of psychic crusaders
• Psychics: meditation of psychics
• Sorcerers: legerdemain of sorcerers, sleight of sorcerers
• Spellcasters: sleight of spellcasters
• Sun Priests: radiance of sun priests
• Pamnest: computation of Sungotinians
• Wizard: college of wizards, levitation of wizards

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See Also

see also: http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm