Eightfold Priesthood

The priests of the Church of the Eightfold Gods are of widely varied role and status. In addition to the great Regents of the Church, there are a multitude of ranks and duties within the organisation. All priests, including regents, are trained by and affiliated to one of the eight cults and its patron god: Magic (Iuva), knowledge (Tinevra), War (Tanit), Craft (Ilmar), Agriculture (Aster), Love (Morha), Joy (Nissus) or Death (Yagai).

Shrines

The everyday activities of the Church are focused on the sacred precincts of the shrines and temples. 
A shrine is a sacred space dedicated to a single cult, which could be an independent structure, or a part of a lay building, usually incorporating an altar for sacrificial offering and any of a reliquary, a lectern and seating for worshipers. The term is also technically used for the focus of each cult within a temple, which is a building sacred to all of the gods of the Eightfold Way.
The business of a shrine is overseen by a Pastor, assisted by one or more Curates. 

Temple Chapters

Any centre of worship larger than a simple shrine is called a temple. The day-to-day business of the temples, including preaching, instruction of novices, spiritual teaching and intercession, is overseen by a collection of priests known as the Temple Chapter.
Temples Ordinary are local places of worship larger than a common shrine, with shrines to two or more gods and space for large congregations to attend daily and weekly services. Larger temples may incorporate seminaries, hospitals or libraries. The chapter of a temple ordinary consists of the pastors and curates of the component shrines, as well as the priests associated with any anciliary functions, and is headed by a Pastor-Custodian.
Great Temples are major church centres, usually the principle place of worship within an urban district and the seat of an Urban Regent. A handful of rural temples have this status, and their Regents are known as Great Peregrines. Grand Temples are the primary temples of the Provinces, seats of the Provincial Regents, or the cult centres of the four great cults.
Priests of the Chapter in a great or grand temple are all given the title Custodian.

• Throne Custodian – Senior priest of a great temple, head of the chapter and spiritual aide and adviser to the Regent.
• Custodian-in-Ordinary – Senior priest of the Chapter.
• Custodian – Priest associated with the Chapter of a great temple.

The Offices

• Prefect – Senior priest in the direct service of one of the offices. Regardless of their location, Prefects answer directly to the regents of their office. In theory, this applies only within their office’s sphere of authority, and they otherwise rank as a Pastor, but the Prime Offices in particular have long cultivated the art of making things a part of their sphere.
• Consul – Priest associated with an office.
• Consor – Lay member of an office.

Other positions

• Mendicant – Traveling priest and preacher.
• Chaplain – Priest acting as spiritual adviser to the Estates, Guilds, civil government or military.
• Warden – Priest overseeing a specialist institution, such as a hospice, almshouse or reliquary.
• Tutor – A teacher at one of the seminaries.
• Cleric – A priest trained in the use of divine magic. Some 20-30% of priests have no such powers, but serve merely as administrators, preachers or scholars.
• Exemplar – The name given to holy warriors in service of the Church.
• Deltor – Soldier of the Church.
• Novice – Unordained student, in training at the seminaries. Many novices are orphans or foundlings given into the care of the Union. Novices may go on to be priests, clerics, exemplars or deltors, and promising students are often groomed for regency.
• Acolyte – Unordained student in an apprenticeship to an individual priest or exemplar. Acolytes are usually trained by rural pastors or mendicants to take their place, and rarely achieve high office.

Type

Religious, Organised Religion