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====The Consistory of Offices==== | ====The Consistory of Offices==== | ||
The Consistory of Offices (''plušamaili | The Consistory of Offices (''plušamaili nalnamāloe'') is the closest thing in the Inquisition to a government. It is composed by a High Prefect (''lallaplušamelīs'') nominated by the Great Inquisitor and a variable number of Prefects (''plušamelīs'', pl. ''plušamelais'') - some chosen by the Great Inquisitor and some by the High Prefect - who lead the various Offices (''plušamila'', pl. ''plušamelyē''), bodies acting like ministries. | ||
The Offices administer every branch of the Inquisition, thus including both the public administration of the Chlouvānem Inquisition and the Yunyalīlti clergy in the whole of Calémere. Generally, the Offices with a more religious and international theme, as the Office of Liturgy (''brauslaijyī plušamila'' - which administers the Inquisitorial Tribunals (judicial organs), by collecting and publishing the most important and canonical interpretations of the Sacred Books), or the Office of Clergy (''līltanorīnumi plušamila'' - which trains and offers sustainment to non-monastic clergy members), all have Prefects chosen by the Great Inquisitor, while those that only impact the Inquisition as a country, as the Office of Agriculture (''chlæcāmiti plušamila''), have Prefects chosen by the High Prefect. | The Offices administer every branch of the Inquisition, thus including both the public administration of the Chlouvānem Inquisition and the Yunyalīlti clergy in the whole of Calémere. Generally, the Offices with a more religious and international theme, as the Office of Liturgy (''brauslaijyī plušamila'' - which administers the Inquisitorial Tribunals (judicial organs), by collecting and publishing the most important and canonical interpretations of the Sacred Books), or the Office of Clergy (''līltanorīnumi plušamila'' - which trains and offers sustainment to non-monastic clergy members), all have Prefects chosen by the Great Inquisitor, while those that only impact the Inquisition as a country, as the Office of Agriculture (''chlæcāmiti plušamila''), have Prefects chosen by the High Prefect. | ||
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Every Prefect has the right to prepare proposals for laws on a theme administered by the Office she or he runs; these proposals are then often discussed together with the rest of the Consistory and then presented to the Great Inquisitor and the Inquisitorial Conclave. | Every Prefect has the right to prepare proposals for laws on a theme administered by the Office she or he runs; these proposals are then often discussed together with the rest of the Consistory and then presented to the Great Inquisitor and the Inquisitorial Conclave. | ||
The Consistory of Offices is the assembly of the High Prefect and all of the Prefects, with often the Great Inquisitor herself present; it meets in the Dragon Hall (''kaṃšāvi | The Consistory of Offices is the assembly of the High Prefect and all of the Prefects, with often the Great Inquisitor herself present; it meets in the Dragon Hall (''kaṃšāvi kamelšītah'') of the Inquisitorial Palace. Another name for it is the Table of Offices (''plušamaili eṇāh''); members still gather around a table, though today it’s actually many single tables around a room. The original table around which the first meeting was held, in the late 5th millennium, is kept in the Museum of Chlouvānem History in the same ward. | ||
The Offices are all separate buildings located in various parts of the city of Līlasuṃghāṇa; most of them are in the central ward, Kahērimaila, but a few of them are located in other wards (like Haifuriāmāh, Kālīleyālka, and the Prālṣaṃšvålten). | The Offices are all separate buildings located in various parts of the city of Līlasuṃghāṇa; most of them are in the central ward, Kahērimaila, but a few of them are located in other wards (like Haifuriāmāh, Kālīleyālka, and the Prālṣaṃšvålten). | ||