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The sources of the rituals, titles and even the name of KKK may be found in antebellum college fraternities and secret societies such as the Kuklos Adelphon. [1] Earlier source material, however, states, "The ceremony of initiation was borrowed from some of the features of the introduction of candidates of the long defunct Sons of Malta and other like societies, and was calculated to, and did ...
The name is from MHG trache (dragon) and felse ("rock, cliff, stronghold on a mountain"); the form in the Þiðreks saga may show Middle Low German influence. [69] The Þiðreks saga locates the giant Ecke here. The name only occurs in the Þiðreks saga, but other indications suggest that the Ecke legend was placed on the Rhine in German ...
The medieval guild was established by charters or letters patent or similar authority by the city or the ruler and normally held a monopoly on trade in its craft within the city in which it operated: handicraft workers were forbidden by law to run any business if they were not members of a guild, and only masters were allowed to be members of a ...
Based on their database of 230,000 guilds, GuildOx has come up with the top 20 most popular guild names. Interestingly there are no guild names that really run away with the list -- the most ...
This is a glossary of historical Romanian ranks and titles used in the principalities of Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania, and later in Romania. Many of these titles are of Slavic etymology, with some of Greek , Latin , and Turkish etymology; several are original (such as armaș , paharnic , jitnicer and vistiernic ).
The Most Reverend Bishop [insert name] of [place], Bishop [insert name], His Grace, Your Grace. Titular/Auxiliary Bishop Same as for Bishops, above, and in other languages Sayedna (Arabic), Despota (Greek), Vladika (Russian).
Master craftsman certificate – Handwerkskammer Dresden – July 7, 1958 A master discusses a vacuum compressor with his apprentice boy and several other craftsmen.. In Germany, the master craftsman (Meister) is the highest professional qualification in crafts and is a state-approved grade.
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