Clergy

Clergy are members of the Dionist/Arcaitian church. All forms of clergy are tonsured or have head and beard completely shaved (higher offices and stricter orders).
== Offices of Clergy ==
* Priest: "Father"
* Parish Priest, Head Priest, Pastor, Shepherd: Reverend, "Father"
* Curate (assistant to parish priest, also heals and cares for parishoners)
* Rector
* Vicar
* Parson (rector of independent/rural church)
* Sexton; Virger (keeper of church grounds)
* Confessor (designated to hear confessions)
* Lector (designated to read liturgy)
* Ordinary (any leader with authority to execute ecclesiastical law)
* Minor Orders
** Deacon/Núro, Deaconess/Núra
*** Dionarendur, Salmandur
** Clerk
* Leadership: "Prelate"
** Archpriest
** Archdeacon
** Adanno/Bishop: The Reverend, "Your Excellency", "My Lord"
** Exarch: "Your Beatitude"
** Archadanno/Archbishop: The Most Reverend, "Your Grace"
** Estarchadanno/Primate
** Turco/Cardinal: "Your Eminance"
** Elder: (you don't address them)
** Yantasamno/Pontif: "Your Holiness"
* Monastic
** Monk: "Brother", Nun: "Sister"
** Friar/Hanno
** Atar/Abbot: The Right Reverend, "(Reverend) Father"; Atara/Abbess: Reverend Mother, "(Reverend) Mother"
** [archatar, atarelmo, atto]
** Prior, Prioress: (same as abbot and abbess)
** Anchorite, Anchoress
** Cenobian
** Hermit
* Specialist
** Curate (healer)
** Exorcist (casts out bad spirits, religious animist)
** Consecrator (blesses/enchants)
** Confessor (obtains confessions and investigates ecclesiastical matters)
** Inquisitor (chief confessor and/or agent of orthodoxy enforcement)
** Oracle (official prophet)
** Legate (ambassador/delegate of yantasamno)
** Hospitaller (holy military order that runs hospitals and preceptories)
** Templar (holy military order)
** Aidonic Order, Aidonicans (holy knights of Aidon)
** Arbiter, Battle Priest
** Theurgist (blender of religion and magic, spells, prayers, miracles)
* Saint; Aimo, Airë (after death)
== Monastic Orders ==
#Order of Laitaino 529
#Karumni Order 1012
#Teusien Order (by Laitainians) 1084
#Chatourigaux Order (in the mountains of Lognemarche) 1098
#The Brothers Aineruima 1099
#Order of the Holy Noire 1099
#The Falkish Order 1118
#The Maethyr of the Temple 1119
#Order of Tusirak 1119
#Order of Mt. [in Ashan/Calenion] 1190
#Order of the Deuce 1198
#Order of Mirimon 1209
#Order of Héro (of Torma) 1216
#Order of Mercy (Order of Mercy for the Captives) 1218
#Order of the Servants of Adothe 1233
#Order of Alcarinquallo 1244
#Order of Pityon 1250
#Second Order of Mirimon (in Falken) 1209-1447
== Sources ==
Category:Dionism
Category:Arcaitian Church