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  2. Daughters of Isis - Wikipedia

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    Local groups of the Imperial Court were founded by African American women in the early years of the twentieth century in Maryland, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C..In 1909, representatives of these locals met with a committee from the Prince Hall Shriners and formally requested the formation of a national organization of female relatives of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the ...

  3. Imperial Court System - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial Court System in the United States was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1965 by José Sarria.Sarria, affectionately known as "Mama José" or similar among Imperial Court members, adopted the stage name "Widow Norton" as a reference to Joshua Norton, a much-celebrated citizen of 19th-century San Francisco who had declared himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of ...

  4. List of fraternal auxiliaries and side degrees - Wikipedia

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    The president of the Imperial Council of Shrine Guilds of America is denoted the Imperial Maharanee. [22] Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine of North and South America and Its Jurisdictions - an African American version of the order, founded by a group of Prince Hall Masons in 1893 in Chicago. [24] Daughters of Isis

  5. List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles

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    Chief Court Astrologer (陰陽頭, onmyō no kami) —the first-class officer of the Bureau of Court Astrology (陰陽寮, onmyō ryō), requiring the Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Chief Court Calendar-maker (暦博士, reki hakase) —a person recognized by the state as a learned person in charge of creating the state calendar. He needed the ...

  6. Government of the Nguyễn dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The government of the Nguyễn dynasty, officially the Southern Court (Vietnamese: Nam Triều; chữ Hán: 南朝) [a] historicaly referred to as the Huế Court (Vietnamese: Triều đình Huế; chữ Hán: 朝廷化), centred around the Emperor (皇帝, Hoàng Đế) as the absolute monarch, surrounded by various imperial agencies and ministries which stayed under the emperor's presidency.

  7. Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Whether imperial or not, the inheritance or bestowal was never automatic, and had to be approved by the Emperor, the Ministry of Personnel, or the Imperial Clan Court. Imperial princes, upon reaching adulthood at the age of 20, had to pass tests in horse-riding, archery and the Manchu language before they were eligible for titles. Imperial ...

  8. House of Nguyễn Phúc - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the Court of the Imperial Clan which pertained itself to the political and religious affairs of the Nguyễn Phúc clan, the Đồng tôn tương tế phổ was established "to compel the kinship and cordiality of relatives of the imperial clan and to advise each other to do good, in the following ways: First, to obtain the resources or ...

  9. Kōkyū - Wikipedia

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    Kōkyū (後宮) is the section of a Japanese Imperial Palace called the Dairi (内裏) where the Imperial Family and court ladies lived. [1]Many cultured women gathered as wives of Emperors, and court ladies, as well as the maids for these women; court officials often visited these women for influence, literary charm, or romances.