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[[File:Kloran of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Kanada, based in Toronto.jpg|thumb|1920s ''Kloran'', setting out KKK terms and traditions. Like many KKK terms, this is a [[portmanteau (word)|portmanteau]] term, formed from ''Klan'' and ''[[
[[Ku Klux Klan]] (KKK) nomenclature has evolved over the order's nearly 160 years of existence. The titles and designations were first laid out in the original Klan's prescripts of 1867 and 1868, then revamped with [[William Joseph Simmons|William J. Simmons's]] ''[[Kloran]]'' of 1916. Subsequent Klans have made various modifications.
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=== Higher levels ===
[[File:Children with Dr. Samuel Green, Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon, July 24, 1948.jpg|thumb|Grand Dragon (later Grand Wizard) [[Samuel Green (Klansman)|Dr. Samuel Green]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], July 24 1948, being flanked by two children during the initiation ceremony at
In both prescripts there were four levels or "departments" of organization, above the basic level:<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlhHAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Grand+Wizard+of+the+Empire%22 |title=Congressional Serial Set |date=1872 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref>
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== Post-1944 ==
Since the dissolution of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. in 1944, there have been many Klan groups. Details of the nomenclature have varied, somewhat, among the different groups, but some terms have had more currency than others. Over time, the term '''{{va|klavern}}''' replaced klan for local groups.<ref name="Newton and Newton, p.322">Newton and Newton, p. 322</ref> Imperial Wizard and Grand Dragon have still been generally used for the leader of a Klan organization and for state (realm) leaders. Exceptions included cases of one state Klans, such as the [[Association of Georgia Klans]], whose leader, [[Samuel Green (Klansman)|Samuel Green]], kept the title Grand Dragon until shortly before his death.<ref>Newton and Newton, p. 238</ref> The [[White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] created some innovations in their organization including a bicameral '''{{va|Klongress}}''' with an [[upper house]] '''{{va|Klonvokation}}''' and [[Lower house|lower]] '''{{va|Klanburgess}}'''.<ref>Newton and Newton, pp. 321–322</ref>▼
In the late 1970s [[David Duke]]'s [[Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] dropped the Imperial Wizard title, and the leader was called national director.<ref>Newton and Newton, p. 173</ref> That organization, now known as the Knights Party, no longer uses most of the traditional Klan titles, and the only fraternal titles used are '''{{va|Page}}''', '''{{va|Squire}}''', and '''{{va|Knight}}''' for levels of membership.<ref>[http://kkk.bz/main/?page_id=43 Structure]</ref>{{full citation needed|date=July 2019}}▼
▲Since the dissolution of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. in 1944, there have been many Klan groups. Details of the nomenclature have varied, somewhat, among the different groups, but some terms have had more currency than others. Over time, the term '''klavern''' replaced klan for local groups.<ref name="Newton and Newton, p.322">Newton and Newton, p. 322</ref> Imperial Wizard and Grand Dragon have still been generally used for the leader of a Klan organization and for state (realm) leaders. Exceptions included cases of one state Klans, such as the [[Association of Georgia Klans]], whose leader, [[Samuel Green (Klansman)|Samuel Green]], kept the title Grand Dragon until shortly before his death.<ref>Newton and Newton, p. 238</ref> The [[White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] created some innovations in their organization including a bicameral '''Klongress''' with an [[upper house]] '''Klonvokation''' and [[Lower house|lower]] '''Klanburgess'''.<ref>Newton and Newton, pp. 321–322</ref>
▲In the late 1970s [[David Duke]]'s [[Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] dropped the Imperial Wizard title, and the leader was called national director.<ref>Newton and Newton, p. 173</ref> That organization, now known as the Knights Party, no longer uses most of the traditional Klan titles, and the only fraternal titles used are '''Page''', '''Squire''', and '''Knight''' for levels of membership.<ref>[http://kkk.bz/main/?page_id=43 Structure]</ref>{{full citation needed|date=July 2019}}
== Vocabulary ==
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*#'''Desperate'''
Years were reckoned according to '''reigns''' and '''cycles'''. The '''Reign of Incarnation and Incantation''' was all time up to the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The '''First Reign of our Incarnation and Incantation''' was the period between the Revolution and the establishment of the original Klan, which was reckoned to May 6, 1866 in this scheme. The '''Reign of our Second Incarnation and Incantation''' was reckoned between 1866 and Grand Wizard [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]]'s dissolution of the Klan, which is reckoned to 1872. The '''Reign of our Third Incarnation and Incantation''' began in 1915.<ref>''Constitution'' pp. 88, 89–90</ref> The Klan year, '''Anno Klanslar''', began in
== Footnotes ==
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