Sovereign, aristocratic and bureaucratic ranks

Sovereign
In a, the or  is the autonomous. His office, and the powers that he or  exercises, constitute the maximum , or , of his. The sovereign titles listed below are grouped together into categories roughly according to their degree of dignity. Note that many titles listed may have historically been used by non-sovereigns, depending on the historical period and state.

Imperial titles

 * Elyrian: [[file:elyrian_word_emperor.png|x16px]], Hareta, from Hare ("greatness") + -ta (agent particle) (lit. "greatness-keeper")
 * Elyrian: [[file:elyrian_word_emperor.png|x16px]], Hareta, from Hare ("greatness") + -ta (agent particle) (lit. "greatness-keeper")

Derived from the Elyrian word for Empire, Harenos (lit. "great polity"), with the abandonment of the pre-Calamity imperial title.


 * Steward
 * Elyrian: [[file:elyrian_word_steward.png|x16px]], Verigota, from ve- (intensifier, figurative particle) + Rigo ("to hold") + -ta (agent particle) (lit. "warder, keeper")

Derived from the secondary title Verigota Lhaïssa, "Steward of Heaven", of the Vathoran emperors. The impetus to highlight the continuity between the pre and post-Calamity Empires whilst avoiding pre-Calamity titulature, would see the contracted title of Verigota subsuming the title of Hareta in Vathoran and later Achysian contexts. The territorial label of Verigonos (lit. "Hold", "Steward-dom") was later coined to accompany it.