Ku Klux Klan

==Titles and vocabulary==
{{main|Kloran|Ku Klux Klan titles and vocabulary}}
Membership in the Klan is secret. Like many fraternal organizations, the Klan has signs that members can use to recognize one another. In conversation, a member may use the acronym ''AYAK'' (Are you a Klansman?) to surreptitiously identify themselves to another potential member. The response ''AKIA'' (A Klansman I am) completes the greeting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/acronyms_KIGY.asp |title=A Visual Database of Extremist Symbols, Logos and Tattoos |publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]] |access-date=July 19, 2012  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815051939/http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/acronyms_KIGY.asp |archive-date=August 15, 2012}}</ref>

Throughout its varied history, the Klan has coined many words{{sfn|Axelrod|1997|p=160}}<ref name=":1" /> beginning with "Kl", including:
* '''Klabee'''&nbsp;– treasurers
* '''Klavern'''&nbsp;– local organization
* '''Imperial Kleagle'''&nbsp;– recruiter
* '''Klecktoken'''&nbsp;– initiation fee
* '''Kligrapp'''&nbsp;– secretary
* '''Klonvokation'''&nbsp;– gathering
* '''[[Kloran]]'''&nbsp;– ritual book
* '''Kloreroe'''&nbsp;– delegate
* '''Imperial Kludd'''&nbsp;– chaplain

All of the above terminology was created by William Joseph Simmons, as part of his 1915 revival of the Klan.{{sfn|Wade|1987|p=142|ps=: {{"'}}It was rather difficult, sometimes, to make the two letters fit in,' he recalled later, 'but I did it somehow.{{'"}}}} The Reconstruction-era Klan used different titles; the only titles to carry over were "[[Grand Wizard|Wizard]]" for the overall leader of the Klan and "Night Hawk" for the official in charge of security.

The imperial kludd was the chaplain of the Imperial Klonvokation and he performed "such other duties as may be required by the imperial wizard".

The imperial kaliff was the second-highest position, after the [[Grand Wizard|imperial wizard]].{{sfn|Quarles|1999|p=227|ps=: "Imperial Kludd: Is the Chaplain of the Imperial Klonvokation and shall perform such other duties as may be required by the Imperial Wizard&nbsp;..."}}