#arthut edward waite

Noun

[sahy-uhn ]

1. a descendant.

2. Also ci·on . a shoot or twig, especially one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting.

Origin:
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English: “shoot, twig” <Old French cion, from Frankishkī- (unattested); (compare Old English cīnan, Old Saxon kīnan, Old High German chīnan “to sprout,” Old English cīth, Old Saxon kīth “sprout”) + Old French-on noun suffix

“Doctor Bataille, poor man, is the scion of an ordinary ancestry within the narrow limits of flesh and blood.”
- ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE, DEVIL-WORSHIP IN FRANCE