The Collaborative International Dictionary
Norian \No"ri*an\, a. [From norite.] (Geol.)
Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks.
--T.
S. Hunt.
Wikipedia
The Norian is a division of the Triassic geological period. It has the rank of an age ( geochronology) or stage ( chronostratigraphy). The Norian lasted from ~228 to million years ago. It was preceded by the Carnian and succeeded by the Rhaetian.
Usage examples of "norian".
Him and Edrel and Norian and poor crippled Elsen, riding to Goddess Keep’s defense when they need no defending except from themselves.
Norian clung frantically to his arm, ordering the young page who attended Elsen to stay where he was.
Norian watched Elsen hover on the brink, his anguished glance at the battlefield evenly matched by his fingers twisting the ruby ring on his thumb—a gift from Selante to celebrate the birth of their son.
But Edrel and Norian had gone south to help her crippled brother Elsen, and Miyon was not a candidate for supreme authority here even though this was his daughter’s residence.
He had only just dozed off in her arms when Hildreth entered the chamber and drew Norian aside.