Home›Clergy Role›Office TypeBrowse ByOffice TypeThis page groups religious offices by the kind of role each one is, whether presiding, teaching or administrative. Wikipedia notes that "in Islam, a religious leader is often formally or informally known as an imam, caliph, qadi, mufti, sheikh, mullah, muezzin, or an ulema," a range of quite different office types under one broad heading. Browsing by office-type lets a visitor find every office of the same kind.FactsOffice TypeSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Offices 1Office TypeFilter Results56 entriesAssociated ReligionAllBuddhism (4)Christianity (7)Hinduism (2)Islam (4)Judaism (1)Sikhism (1)Spiritism (1)OrdinationAllA full female ordination lineage continues (1)An unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (1)Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (1)Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (2)Celibacy required of the ordained (1)Celibacy required of the ordained (1)Celibacy required of the ordained (2)Celibacy required of the ordained (1)Celibacy required of the ordained (2)Conferred by a teacher's certification of learning (3)Conferred by a teacher's certification of learning (1)Conferred by a teacher's certification of learning (1)Conferred by a teacher's certification of learning (1)Conferred by appointment from a higher authority (1)Conferred by appointment from a higher authority (1)Conferred by appointment from a higher authority (3)Conferred by appointment from a higher authority (2)Conferred by appointment from a higher authority (1)Conferred by election (1)Conferred by election (2)Married clergy permitted (1)Married clergy permitted (1)Office passes by descent (1)Office passes by descent (1)Open to women and men (1)Open to women and men (1)Open to women and men (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (2)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (1)Recognised as the rebirth of a predecessor (1)Recognised by the community rather than conferred (1)Restricted to men (1)Restricted to men (3)Restricted to men (1)Restricted to men (1)Restricted to men (2)Restricted to men (3)Restricted to women (1)Restricted to women (2)Restricted to women (1)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (2)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (2)300 BCE (1)100 (1)200 (1)250 (3)325 (1)400 (4)451 (1)500 (1)547 (1)600 (1)632 (2)700 (1)750 (1)900 (2)1179 (1)1200 (1)1216 (1)1284 (1)1300 (1)1541 (1)1699 (1)1708 (1)1979 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll800 BCE (1)500 BCE (2)300 BCE (1)50 (2)70 (1)100 (1)142 (1)270 (1)300 (4)325 (2)350 (1)550 (1)622 (2)660 (1)700 (3)1059 (1)1100 (1)1209 (1)1284 (1)1541 (1)1604 (1)1699 (1)1900 (1)Reach of Its AuthorityAllA locality: a parish, a district or a town (1)A national church or body (1)A region: a diocese, a province or an eparchy (4)Advisory: the office instructs but does not bind (1)No institutional authority; the standing is personal (1)One congregation, house or temple (7)The whole tradition, or a claim to it (1)Those who choose to follow this person (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (55)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)Veneration TodayAllActively venerated in a living tradition (10)Who May BelongAllMen only (1)Women only (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAbbessOffice Type1 entryAbbotOffice Type1 entryAcharyaOffice Type1 entryAjahnOffice Type1 entryArchbishopOffice Type3 entriesArchdeaconOffice Type1 entryArchimandriteOffice Type1 entryAyatollahOffice Type1 entryBhikkhuOffice Type1 entryBhikkhuniOffice Type1 entryBishopOffice Type3 entriesCardinalOffice Type1 entryCurateOffice Type1 entryDaoshiOffice Type1 entryDeaconOffice Type4 entriesDruidOffice Type1 entryElderOffice Type1 entryEvangelistOffice Type1 entryFriarOffice Type1 entryGabbaiOffice Type1 entryGranthiOffice Type1 entryGuruOffice Type1 entryHafizOffice Type1 entryHieromonkOffice Type1 entryImamOffice Type1 entryJathedarOffice Type1 entryKannushiOffice Type1 entryKhatibOffice Type1 entryLamaOffice Type1 entryMediumOffice Type1 entryMetropolitanOffice Type1 entryMikoOffice Type1 entryMinisterOffice Type1 entryMohelOffice Type1 entryMonkOffice Type1 entryMonsignorOffice Type1 entryMuezzinOffice Type1 entryMuftiOffice Type1 entryMullahOffice Type1 entryNunOffice Type1 entryPanj PyareOffice Type1 entryPastorOffice Type1 entryPatriarchOffice Type1 entryPriestOffice Type1 entryQadiOffice Type1 entryRabbiOffice Type1 entryRagiOffice Type1 entryRinpocheOffice Type1 entryRoshiOffice Type1 entrySadhuOffice Type1 entrySayadawOffice Type1 entrySheikhOffice Type1 entrySoferOffice Type1 entrySwamiOffice Type1 entryTulkuOffice Type1 entryVicarOffice Type1 entrySources1. 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