Vampire: The Masquerade lexicon

This is a lexicon of terms from Vampire: The Masquerade.

The terms listed are aren't meant to be representative of every possible term used in the game, merely those that are listed in one or more versions of the game's lexicon.

Core terms
These are terms that appear in the core rulebook (First, Second, Revised or V20 Editions), as well as Guide to the Camarilla, Guide to the Sabbat, Guide to the Anarchs and Time of Thin Blood. Camarilla-specific terms are marked with a (C), Sabbat-specific terms with an (S), Anarch terms with an (A), and thin-blooded terms with a (TB).

Note that several supplemental books (notably Book of the Damned, Book of the Kindred, and various fiction anthologies and Jyhad-related works) partially or fully copy the lexicon from VtM Second Edition.

Several of the most common terms listed here (e.g. the names of the clans) aren't listed in the lexicon of the core rulebook, but are listed in the lexicon in the Clan Novel Saga.

Common Parlance

 * Abbot (S)
 * Allthing (C)
 * Anarch (A)
 * The Anarch Movement (A)
 * Antitribu (S)
 * Archbishop (S)
 * Archon (C) (was Old Form in 1E/2E)
 * Assamite
 * Auctorias Ritae (S)
 * Ball (C)
 * Baron (A)
 * Barony (A)
 * The Barrens
 * The Beast
 * The Becoming
 * Bishop (S)
 * The Black Hand (referring to the actual Black Hand)
 * Blood
 * Blood bond (was Vulgar Argot in 1E/2E)
 * Blood Feast (S)
 * Blood Hunt (C)
 * Blood Kindred (term only included in 1E/2E)
 * The Book of Nod
 * Brave (S)
 * Breach (C)
 * Brood (only in 1E/2E)
 * Brujah
 * Caine
 * Cainite (Old Form in 1E/2E)
 * Camarilla (C)
 * Cardinal (C)
 * Chantry (C)
 * Chief (S)
 * Childe
 * Clan
 * Clanless
 * Code of Milan (S)
 * Column (S)
 * Communal Haven (S)
 * Conclave (C)
 * Consistory (S)
 * Convention of Thorns (C & S)
 * Coterie (Old Form in 1E/2E)
 * Court (C)
 * Coven (S)
 * Creation Rites (S)
 * Daughters and Sons (of Caine) (S)
 * Destruction (C)
 * Diablerie
 * Domain
 * Ductus (plural ducti) (S)
 * Elder
 * Elysium (C)
 * Embrace
 * Esbat (S)
 * Festivo dello Estinto (S)
 * The Final Death
 * Fire Dance (S)
 * Fledgling
 * Followers of Set
 * Founded Pack (S)
 * Founders (C)
 * Gang (A)
 * Gangrel
 * Gear (A)
 * Gehenna
 * Generation
 * Ghoul
 * Giovanni
 * The Great Jyhad (S)
 * Hand (S)
 * Harpy (C)
 * Haven
 * Hulul (S)
 * The Hunger
 * Idealist (A)
 * Ignoblis Ritae (S)
 * Inconnu
 * Inner Circle (C)

Old Form

 * Abactor (TB)
 * Amaranth
 * Ancilla (plural ancillae)
 * Angellis Ater (S)
 * Antediluvian
 * Antitribu (A & C)
 * Autarkis
 * Avetrol (from TB)
 * The Blood Oath (was Common Parlance in 1E/2E)
 * Canaille
 * Carthagos (C)
 * Cauchemar
 * Cockalorum (TB)
 * Comprador (TB)
 * Consanguineous (spelled Consanguineus in 1E/2E)
 * Cunctator
 * Diaspora
 * Domitor (not included in 1E/2E)
 * The Fall (C)
 * Fealty (C)
 * Footpad
 * Gentry
 * Golconda
 * Humanitas
 * Inceptor (TB)

Vulgar Argot

 * Alleycat
 * Angstburger
 * Apeshit
 * Ash
 * Banking, Banker
 * Bat (S)
 * Bitch (S)
 * The Black Hand (as a reference to the whole Sabbat, not to the actual Black Hand)
 * Bling
 * Blister
 * Bloat
 * Blood Doll
 * Blooded
 * Bloodline (spelled "Blood Line" in 1E)
 * Boojum
 * 'Bot
 * Brightening Sunsets
 * Butterfly
 * Cannibal
 * Cape
 * Casanova
 * The Change
 * Chica
 * Cleanup (C)
 * Cleaver (TB)
 * Clockwatcher
 * Collar
 * Costello (S)
 * Counting Coup (S)
 * Crowley (S)
 * Cub Scouts (C)
 * The Damned
 * Dessert
 * Did
 * Do Over
 * Dog
 * Donor
 * Doornail
 * Farmer
 * Fief
 * Five (A)
 * Fluke (TB)
 * Fossil
 * Futon
 * Fuzzy
 * Go Down
 * Grandpa
 * Half-Breed
 * Happy Meal
 * Head
 * Headache
 * Headhunter
 * Highway Haven (A)
 * Homebody (TB)
 * Horseman (S)
 * Injun, or Indian (S)
 * Inky

Other Sabbat terms
These terms appear in Players Guide to the Sabbat, Caine's Chosen: The Black Hand, or the Clan Novel Saga, but aren't assigned Common/Old/Vulgar status.


 * Albigensian, or Cathar (S)
 * Les Amis Noirs
 * Brothers and Sisters
 * Cadets
 * Canonicus, or Patriot
 * City Gangrel
 * Corrupter, or Heretic
 * Country Gangrel
 * Dementation
 * Dominion
 * Elysian Fields
 * Emissary
 * Friends of the Night
 * Harmonist
 * Infidel
 * Inner Circle

Other Tzimisce terms
These terms appear in Clanbook: Tzimisce Revised or in the Clan Novel Saga, but aren't assigned Common/Old/Vulgar status.


 * Azhi Dahaka
 * Fleshcrafting

Assamite terms
These terms appear in Clanbook: Assamite, Blood Sacrifice: The Thaumaturgy Companion, or the Clan Novel Saga, but aren't assigned Common/Old/Vulgar status.


 * Alamut
 * Amr
 * Caliph
 * Children of Haqim
 * Du'at
 * Dur-An-Ki
 * Fida'i
 * Gin-gin
 * Haqim
 * Heartblood
 * Hijra
 * Ikhwan

Tal'mahe'Ra
The lexicon of the Tal'mahe'Ra (the "True Black Hand") from Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand. Some terms are representative of other Classic World of Darkness games, thanks to the large presence of crossover material in that book.


 * Abomination
 * Aralu
 * Azazel
 * Camarilla's Hand
 * Chatterlings
 * Clan Sires
 * Dalhan
 * Dark Umbra
 * Daru el-Bawar
 * Del'Roh
 * Dhabi
 * Diwan
 * Eastern Hand
 * Enoch
 * Euthanatos
 * False Hand
 * Ghoul Families
 * Guarded Rubrics
 * Hatif
 * Ins

Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom
The lexicon of the Laibon: the Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom.


 * Akunanse
 * Aye
 * Bamba
 * Cagn
 * Fire on the Mountain
 * Guruhi
 * Ishtarri

Other terms

 * Akhu (from Blood Sacrifice: The Thaumaturgy Companion)
 * Amulet (from Blood Sacrifice)
 * Ashipu (from Blood Sacrifice)
 * The Blood Curse (from the Clan Novel Saga)
 * Bokkor (from Blood Magic: Secrets of Thaumaturgy)
 * Chantry of Five Boroughs (from the Clan Novel Saga)
 * Family (from the Clan Novel Saga)
 * Formula (from Blood Magic & Blood Sacrifice)
 * Frenzy (from Children of the Inquisition and The Book of Nod)
 * Goratrix (from the Clan Novel Saga)
 * Hermetic (from Blood Sacrifice)
 * House (from Blood Magic)
 * Incantation (from Blood Sacrifice)
 * Ingredient (from Blood Magic & Blood Sacrifice)
 * Inquisition (from Children of the Inquisition & the Book of Nod)