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====The Great Inquisitor==== | ====The Great Inquisitor==== | ||
The '''Great Inquisitor''' (''camimurkadhāna'') may be roughly described as a kind of elective absolute monarch. Her powers are both political and religious (but note that there’s no difference between them in the Chlouvānem view) and include: | The '''Great Inquisitor''' (''camimurkadhāna'') may be roughly described as a kind of elective absolute monarch. Her powers are both political and religious (but note that there’s no difference between them in the Chlouvānem view) and include: | ||
* being the head of state and head of both legislative and executive power: it is the Great Inquisitor that ultimately has the final judgement on all things (with only a few small but important exceptions) that the Inquisitorial Conclave (''murkadhānumi lanedāmeh'', the “parliament”) and the Table of Offices ('' | * being the head of state and head of both legislative and executive power: it is the Great Inquisitor that ultimately has the final judgement on all things (with only a few small but important exceptions) that the Inquisitorial Conclave (''murkadhānumi lanedāmeh'', the “parliament”) and the Table of Offices (''plušamaili eṇāh'', the “government”) do, and she could block everything if she thinks it is necessary. In an extreme case (that, however, still happens sometimes), the Great Inquisitor could write a law and force the Inquisitorial Conclave to approve it without any edit. | ||
* if necessary, she has the power (and obligation) to write Encyclicals (''yaivjātietadhulta'', pl. ''-dholtiē'') or Thematic Letters (''nañjātitadhulta''); the former are meant for all Yunyalīlti dioceses on the planet; the latter only for those that are a part of the Inquisition as a country. These are documents where opinions or ethico-social themes are given, often containing indications for local governments on how to deal with them. | * if necessary, she has the power (and obligation) to write Encyclicals (''yaivjātietadhulta'', pl. ''-dholtiē'') or Thematic Letters (''nañjātitadhulta''); the former are meant for all Yunyalīlti dioceses on the planet; the latter only for those that are a part of the Inquisition as a country. These are documents where opinions or ethico-social themes are given, often containing indications for local governments on how to deal with them. | ||
* she is the head of a few Offices (sg. '' | * she is the head of a few Offices (sg. ''plušamila'', pl. ''plušameliē'') with “religious” powers - that means those that affect the whole Yunyalīlti religious community and not just those in the Inquisition as a country. | ||
* personally act as religious leader in the most important Yunyalīlti religious celebrations. | * personally act as religious leader in the most important Yunyalīlti religious celebrations. | ||
The Great Inquisitor is controlled by the Baptist (''brausamailenia'') as well as by the Inquisitorial Conclave, and may be forced to resign if four fifths of the Inquisitorial Conclave and the absolute majority of the Prefects (Inquisitors that lead one of the Offices) vote for it. While rare, this has happened for the last time 84 years ago with the ending of the regime of Great Inquisitor Kælahīmāvi Nāʔahilūma ''Martayinām'' after the failed conquest of the West and near-implosion of the country during the East-West War, that the Great Inquisitor herself’s policies had started. | The Great Inquisitor is controlled by the Baptist (''brausamailenia'') as well as by the Inquisitorial Conclave, and may be forced to resign if four fifths of the Inquisitorial Conclave and the absolute majority of the Prefects (Inquisitors that lead one of the Offices) vote for it. While rare, this has happened for the last time 84 years ago with the ending of the regime of Great Inquisitor Kælahīmāvi Nāʔahilūma ''Martayinām'' after the failed conquest of the West and near-implosion of the country during the East-West War, that the Great Inquisitor herself’s policies had started. | ||