Re^8: Demotions of monks (updated)

... we have created this specifically male level named "Patriarch"

Well, again, it's no more male than "pope".

Do you have any suggestions?

Lama, it turns out, may be somewhat female leaning, according to wikipedia. Otoh, it's not as high a rank as I assumed.

Finding a term which connotes a very high rank yet is gender neutral seems a bit of a challenge.

I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon staffed with 16,000 zombies.

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Re^9: Demotions of monks (updated) by 1nickt (Canon) on Jan 07, 2022 at 14:57 UTC
There is historical evidence that as mentioned by choroba there has been at least one female Pope. Or historical lore at least. But given that "Matriarch" exists as a word I don't think one can argue that "Patriarch" is anything but male-specific. The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]
Re^10: Demotions of monks (updated) by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 07, 2022 at 16:22 UTC
There is historical evidence that as mentioned by choroba there has been at least one female Pope Pope Joan was a legendary, not historical. I don't think one can argue that "Patriarch" is anything but male-specific. Indeed, and I'm not arguing that. I'm still hoping that someone can suggest non-gender-specific high-level rank titles. I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon staffed with 16,000 zombies.	[reply]