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<blockquote data-quote="Ixal" data-source="post: 8654817" data-attributes="member: 7030132"><p>I assume by religious leader you mean someone who leads a group of people through religious rituals, for example the village priest, and not THE leader like the pope.</p><p></p><p>What could also be added</p><p></p><p>Lead.</p><p>Not in the religious sense but worldly realms.</p><p>Not all religions practiced a separation between church and state. Sometimes a religious leader was also a ruler.</p><p></p><p>Ritual Participated</p><p>That might already be included under Ritual Leader, but not in all religions do priests lead the normal people. Instead rituals are so important that they must be performed by professionals.</p><p>That also has the effect that should the ritual fail and it doesn't happen what the ritual was for there is one person who is to blame...</p><p></p><p>Another problem with the term priest is the lack of hirarchy except high priest.</p><p>But most religions, especially the larger ones, can't manage with just one or two levels. Instead they have more titles representing not only different steps of the hirarchy but also special functions within the religion, each possibly having different requirements of what they need to perform.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ixal, post: 8654817, member: 7030132"] I assume by religious leader you mean someone who leads a group of people through religious rituals, for example the village priest, and not THE leader like the pope. What could also be added Lead. Not in the religious sense but worldly realms. Not all religions practiced a separation between church and state. Sometimes a religious leader was also a ruler. Ritual Participated That might already be included under Ritual Leader, but not in all religions do priests lead the normal people. Instead rituals are so important that they must be performed by professionals. That also has the effect that should the ritual fail and it doesn't happen what the ritual was for there is one person who is to blame... Another problem with the term priest is the lack of hirarchy except high priest. But most religions, especially the larger ones, can't manage with just one or two levels. Instead they have more titles representing not only different steps of the hirarchy but also special functions within the religion, each possibly having different requirements of what they need to perform. [/QUOTE]
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