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Ku Klux Terminology

Alien - A non-Klansman (§4)

Exalted Cyclops - Leader of a Klan (§53)

Furies - Twelve officers of a Province who work for the Great Titan (§52)

Genii - Fifteen officers of the Imperial Wizard (§52)

Giant - An Exalted Cyclops of the original Ku Klux Klan (§54)

Government of the Invisible Empire - The Imperial Wizard, Emperor, and Genii (§52)

Grand Dragon - Leader of a Realm (∆41) Grand Titan - Leader of a Province (∆41)

Hydra - Nine officers of the Realm who work for the Grand Dragon (§52)

Imperial Kligrapp - National Secretary (∆41)

Imperial Klonvokation - Convention of the Invisible Empire (§52) Imperial Wizard - Leader of the Invisible Empire (∆41)

Invisible Empire - The entirety of the Klan (§52) King Kleagle - Chief Kleagle for a Realm (§53)

Klabee – Treasurer (§4) Kladd – Conductor (§4) Klaliff - Vice-Leader (§4)

Klan - Local, numbered, and chartered group of 100 or more Klansmen (§52)

Klan Emperor - Symbolic title given to William Simmons

Klannishness - Doing business with Klansmen in preference above all others (∆34) Klansman - A first order title (K-UNO) for a member of the Ku Klux Klan (∆53) Klanton - The jurisdiction of a Klan (∆52)

Klarogo - Inner Guard (∆4)

Klavalier - Member of the Military Department of the Klan (∆53) Klavalkade - A parade (∆53)

Klavern - Meeting place of a local Klan (∆53)

Kleagle - Organizer for the Ku Klux Klan, Recruiter (∆53) Klectokon - Membership dues paid upon initiation (∆21)

Klexter - Outer Guard (∆4) Kligrapp – Secretary (∆53) Klode - Klan song (∆12) Klokan(n) - Investigator(s) (∆4) Klokard – Lecturer (∆4)

Klonklave - Meeting Ceremony of a Klan (∆8) Kloran - “‘THE BOOK’ of the Invisible Empire” (∆5) Klorero - Realm Convention of Klansmen (∆35)

Kloxology – hymns (∆28) Kludd – Chaplain (§4)

Naturalization Ceremony – Initiation (§21)

Nighthawk - Custodian of the Fiery Cross, entertains candidates while they wait (§4) Province - District Divisions within a Realm (§52)

Realm - A primary subdivision of the Invisible Empire (§52)

Terrors - Twelve officers of a local Klan who work for the Exalted Cyclops (§5)

WKKK - Women of the Ku Klux Klan (∆38)

Sources (page number follows in parentheses):

§Simmons, William J. Kloran: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (K-UNO). Atlanta: Ku Klux Press, 1915.

∆Alexander, Charles C. Crusade for Conformity: The Ku Klux Klan in Texas 1920-1930. Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association, 1962.


Sources (page number follows in parentheses):

§Simmons, William J. Kloran: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (K-UNO). Atlanta: Ku Klux Press, 1915.

∆Alexander, Charles C. Crusade for Conformity: The Ku Klux Klan in Texas 1920-1930. Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association, 1962.