Glossary
AKIA: A password meaning "A Klansman I Am", often seen on decals and bumper stickers.
Alien: A person who does not belong to the Klan.
AYAK?: A password meaning "Are You a Klansman?"
CA BARK: A password meaning "Constantly Applied By All Real Klansmen."
CLASP: A password meaning "Clannish Loyalty A Sacred Principle."
Cyclops: Head of a Klavern
Genii: The collective name for the national officers. Also known as the Kloncilium, or the advisory board to the Imperial Wizard.
Grand Dragon: Head of a realm, usually a state
Hydras: The Real officers, with the exception of the Grand Dragon.
Imperial Giant: Former Imperial Wizard.
Imperial Wizard: The overall, or national, head of a Klan, which it sometimes compares to the president of the United States.
Inner Circle: Small group of four or five members who plan and carry out "action." Its members and activities are not disclosed to the general membership.
Invisible Empire: A Ku Klux Klan's overall geographical jurisdiction, which it compares to the United States although none exist in every state.
Kalendar: Klan calendar, which dates events from both the origin and its 1915 rebirth Anno Klan, and means "in the year of the Klan," and is usually written "AK."
Kardinal Kullors: White, crimson, gold and black. Secondary Kullors are grey, green and blue. The Imperial Wizard's Kullor is Skipper Blue.
K.B.I.: Klan Bureau of Investigation.
KIGY!: A password meaning "Klansman, I greet you!"
Klabee: Treasurer
Klaliff: Vice President of a Klavern
Klankraft: The practices and beliefs of the Klan.
Klanton: The jurisdiction of a Klavern.
Klarogo: An official
Klavern: A local unit or club; also called "den."
Kleagle: An organizer whose main function is to recruit new members. In some Klans, he gets a percentage of the initiation fees.
Klectokon: Initiation fee.
Klepeer: Delegate elected to Imperial Klonvokation.
Klexter: An official
Kligrapp: Secretary
Klokan: An official
Klokard: Lecturer
Kloncilium: The Klanvocation's advisory group
Klonkave: Secret Klavern meeting.
Klonsel: Supreme legal counsel
Klonverse: Province convention.
Klonvocation: The Imperial Legislature
Kloran: Official book of Klan rituals.
Klorero: Realm convention.
Kludd: Chaplain
Knight-Hawk: Chief investigator; most Klans now have a KBI
Knock-Off Squads: The Klan's "action groups," also known as "Holy Terrors"; these are the squads that bomb, flog, tar, and feather, abduct, raid, and murder
SAN BOG: A password meaning "Strangers Are Near, Be On Guard."
Terrors: The Exalted Cyclops' officers.
Titan: Head of a province, usually a Congressional District
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Alien: A person who does not belong to the Klan.
AYAK?: A password meaning "Are You a Klansman?"
CA BARK: A password meaning "Constantly Applied By All Real Klansmen."
CLASP: A password meaning "Clannish Loyalty A Sacred Principle."
Cyclops: Head of a Klavern
Genii: The collective name for the national officers. Also known as the Kloncilium, or the advisory board to the Imperial Wizard.
Grand Dragon: Head of a realm, usually a state
Hydras: The Real officers, with the exception of the Grand Dragon.
Imperial Giant: Former Imperial Wizard.
Imperial Wizard: The overall, or national, head of a Klan, which it sometimes compares to the president of the United States.
Inner Circle: Small group of four or five members who plan and carry out "action." Its members and activities are not disclosed to the general membership.
Invisible Empire: A Ku Klux Klan's overall geographical jurisdiction, which it compares to the United States although none exist in every state.
Kalendar: Klan calendar, which dates events from both the origin and its 1915 rebirth Anno Klan, and means "in the year of the Klan," and is usually written "AK."
Kardinal Kullors: White, crimson, gold and black. Secondary Kullors are grey, green and blue. The Imperial Wizard's Kullor is Skipper Blue.
K.B.I.: Klan Bureau of Investigation.
KIGY!: A password meaning "Klansman, I greet you!"
Klabee: Treasurer
Klaliff: Vice President of a Klavern
Klankraft: The practices and beliefs of the Klan.
Klanton: The jurisdiction of a Klavern.
Klarogo: An official
Klavern: A local unit or club; also called "den."
Kleagle: An organizer whose main function is to recruit new members. In some Klans, he gets a percentage of the initiation fees.
Klectokon: Initiation fee.
Klepeer: Delegate elected to Imperial Klonvokation.
Klexter: An official
Kligrapp: Secretary
Klokan: An official
Klokard: Lecturer
Kloncilium: The Klanvocation's advisory group
Klonkave: Secret Klavern meeting.
Klonsel: Supreme legal counsel
Klonverse: Province convention.
Klonvocation: The Imperial Legislature
Kloran: Official book of Klan rituals.
Klorero: Realm convention.
Kludd: Chaplain
Knight-Hawk: Chief investigator; most Klans now have a KBI
Knock-Off Squads: The Klan's "action groups," also known as "Holy Terrors"; these are the squads that bomb, flog, tar, and feather, abduct, raid, and murder
SAN BOG: A password meaning "Strangers Are Near, Be On Guard."
Terrors: The Exalted Cyclops' officers.
Titan: Head of a province, usually a Congressional District
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