Official titles and Rank or Status

Refplace · 09-25-2014, 07:08 PM

So I want to organize some titles and would like suggestions.

Corporate
Supervisor
Manager
Director
Vice President
CEO/President

Feudal?
Baron
Duke
King

Government
Captain
Commisioner
Mayor
Governer

Military
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Colonel
General

Police
Detective
Inspector?
Captain
Commisioner

ReligiousPriest
Bishop
Cardinal
Pope

Prince Charon · 09-25-2014, 07:33 PM

I've been trying to work out some religious rank titles, so perhaps this will help both of us:

Religious Rank of Yrth Church Officials (Banestorm p184)

Rank Title

6 Archbishop, grand master of a great order
5 Bishop, grand master of a lesser order
4 Head of a powerful abbey or minor order
3 Head of a minor abbey
2 Senior priests
1 Common priests
0 Extremely minor local priests

Religious Rank (Catholic, preliminary)

Rank Title

8 The Pope
7 Cardinal, especially respected archbishop?
6 Archbishop, grand master of a great order
5 Bishop, grand master of a lesser order
4 Head of a powerful abbey or minor order
3 Head of a minor abbey
2 Senior priests, priors/prioresses
1 Common priests, respected monks, nuns, and friars
0 Extremely minor local priests; monks, nuns, and friars

Where do Canons, deacons, and other odd titles go?

Religious Rank (Anglican, preliminary)

Rank Title

8 Supreme Govenor
7 Primate
6 Archbishop, grand master of a great order
5 Bishop, grand master of a lesser order
4 Head of a powerful abbey or minor order
3 Head of a minor abbey
2 Senior priests
1 Common priests
0 Extremely minor local priests

Where do Canons, deacons, and other odd titles go?

Does the CoE even *have* abbeys anymore?

Agemegos · 09-25-2014, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Refplace

So I want to organize some titles and would like suggestions.

Examples, not exhaustive.

Feudal (English)

The grades during all but the last century of the mediaeval were:

Landed knight (sire)
Baron (munsire)
Earl
King

Aristocratic (English)

Baronet
Baron
Viscount
Earl
Marquess
Duke
King

French Feudal

Gentilhomme
Chevalier
Baron/seigneur/captal etc.
Vicomte
Comte
Marquis
Duc
Roi

German, late pseudo-feudal

Ritter
Freiherr
Burggraf
Landgraf
Markgraf
Herzog
Fürst (even later, König)
Kaiser

That's a drastic and probably erroneous simplification of a complicated system consisting mostly of special cases.

Military (Renaissance or Enlightenment)

Sergeant-Major
Lieutenant
Captain
Major (originally sergeant-major of the column)
Lieutenant-colonel (originally lieutenant of the column)
Colonel (originally captain of the column)
[Sergeant] Major-general
Lieutenant-general
[Captain-] General

That is, you have a captain, his lieutenant, and a sergeant-major commanding at the company, column, and general (army) level.

Police

Constable (several grades)
Sergeant (often several grades)
Inspector
Chief Inspector
Superintendant
Chief Superintendant
Assistant Chief Constable, Assistant Commissioner, or Commander
Deputy chief Constable, or Deputy Commissioner
Commissioner of Police, or Chief Constable

Religious (Catholic, mostly)

Rector, or canon
Rural dean, archpriest, archdeacon, or dean
Suffragan Bishop
Diocesan Bishop
Metropolitan bishop
Primate
Patriarch
Pope

Government (Westminster System)

Supervisor
Branch Head
Assistant Secretary
First Assistant Secretary
Secretary
Minister
Prime Minister

Is that the sort of thing you wanted?

Agemegos · 09-25-2014, 08:10 PM

Naval

Able seaman
Leading seaman
Petty officer
Chief petty officer
Sublieutenant / Lt(j.g.)
Lieutenant
Lieutenant-commander
Commander
Captain
Rear Admiral
Vice-admiral
Admiral
Admiral of the Fleet

Agemegos · 09-25-2014, 08:18 PM

Military (Commonwealth)

Team leader — lance-corporal
Section leader — corporal
Platoon (Troop) commander — lieutenant
Company (Squadron) commander — major or maybe captain
Battalion (Regiment, Battery) commanding officer — lieutenant-colonel
Brigade C.O. — brigadier or maybe colonel
General officer commanding Division — major general
G.O.C Corps — lieutenant-general
General
Field Marshal

Refplace · 09-25-2014, 08:28 PM

Thanks guys so far its great.
I would not give Nuns rank though, except a head nun.

09-25-2014, 07:08 PM	#1
Refplace Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Yukon, OK	Official titles and Rank or Status So I want to organize some titles and would like suggestions. Corporate Supervisor Manager Director Vice President CEO/President Feudal? Baron Duke King Government Captain Commisioner Mayor Governer Military Lieutenant Captain Major Colonel General Police Detective Inspector? Captain Commisioner ReligiousPriest Bishop Cardinal Pope __________________ My GURPS publications GURPS Powers: Totem and Nature Spirits; GURPS Template Toolkit 4: Spirits; Pyramid articles. Buying them lets us know you want more! My GURPS fan contribution and blog: REFPLace GURPS Landing Page My List of GURPS You Tube videos (plus a few other useful items) My GURPS Wiki entries

09-25-2014, 07:33 PM	#2
Prince Charon Join Date: Dec 2012	Re: Official titles and Rank or Status I've been trying to work out some religious rank titles, so perhaps this will help both of us: Religious Rank of Yrth Church Officials (Banestorm p184) Rank Title 6 Archbishop, grand master of a great order 5 Bishop, grand master of a lesser order 4 Head of a powerful abbey or minor order 3 Head of a minor abbey 2 Senior priests 1 Common priests 0 Extremely minor local priests Religious Rank (Catholic, preliminary) Rank Title 8 The Pope 7 Cardinal, especially respected archbishop? 6 Archbishop, grand master of a great order 5 Bishop, grand master of a lesser order 4 Head of a powerful abbey or minor order 3 Head of a minor abbey 2 Senior priests, priors/prioresses 1 Common priests, respected monks, nuns, and friars 0 Extremely minor local priests; monks, nuns, and friars Where do Canons, deacons, and other odd titles go? Religious Rank (Anglican, preliminary) Rank Title 8 Supreme Govenor 7 Primate 6 Archbishop, grand master of a great order 5 Bishop, grand master of a lesser order 4 Head of a powerful abbey or minor order 3 Head of a minor abbey 2 Senior priests 1 Common priests 0 Extremely minor local priests Where do Canons, deacons, and other odd titles go? Does the CoE even have abbeys anymore? __________________ Warning, I have the Distractible and Imaginative quirks in real life. "The more corrupt a government, the more it legislates." -- Tacitus Five Earths, All in a Row. Updated 12/17/2022: Apocrypha: Bridges out of Time, Part I has been posted.

09-25-2014, 08:10 PM	#4
Agemegos Join Date: May 2005 Location: Oz	Re: Official titles and Rank or Status Naval Able seaman Leading seaman Petty officer Chief petty officer Sublieutenant / Lt(j.g.) Lieutenant Lieutenant-commander Commander Captain Rear Admiral Vice-admiral Admiral Admiral of the Fleet __________________ Decay is inherent in all composite things. Nod head. Get treat.

09-25-2014, 08:18 PM	#5
Agemegos Join Date: May 2005 Location: Oz	Re: Official titles and Rank or Status Military (Commonwealth) Team leader — lance-corporal Section leader — corporal Platoon (Troop) commander — lieutenant Company (Squadron) commander — major or maybe captain Battalion (Regiment, Battery) commanding officer — lieutenant-colonel Brigade C.O. — brigadier or maybe colonel General officer commanding Division — major general G.O.C Corps — lieutenant-general General Field Marshal __________________ Decay is inherent in all composite things. Nod head. Get treat.

09-25-2014, 08:28 PM	#6
Refplace Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Yukon, OK	Re: Official titles and Rank or Status Thanks guys so far its great. I would not give Nuns rank though, except a head nun. __________________ My GURPS publications GURPS Powers: Totem and Nature Spirits; GURPS Template Toolkit 4: Spirits; Pyramid articles. Buying them lets us know you want more! My GURPS fan contribution and blog: REFPLace GURPS Landing Page My List of GURPS You Tube videos (plus a few other useful items) My GURPS Wiki entries