College of Phœnissæ
The College of Phœnissæ is the organization of priestesses of the Temple of the Golden Phœnice. They are under the direct jurisdiction of the High Phœnissa. The Phœnissae are protected by the Phœnician Guard. Phœnissae are selected as young children from Aurician noble families, sometimes born out of wedlock, but more often the daughters of Elder Phœnissae. A golden Phœnissa must remain a virgin until she is deemed an elder, usually at the age of thirty when she may marry. Upon the death or the very rare removal or departure from office of a living High Phœnissa, the Elder Phœnissae elect the new High Phœnissæ.
Their public costume consists of a long, draping robe, a fold of which is hung over their head like a hood for modesty and show of reverence. The robe is made of either cashmere in the winter or linen in the summer, dyed in costly purple dye and lavishly embroidered with gold silk thread.
See Also
- Aurice
- Aurician Cult of the Golden Phœnice
- Golden Phœnice
- High Phœnissa of Aurice
- List of the High Phœnissæ of Aurice
- Temple of the Golden Phœnice (Aurice)
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