Thread:Jmor/@comment-4140188-20121122192542/@comment-1776824-20140731223119

Meister is a recognition of a particular skill. It's to let you know what skills were used, specifically. In the manga itself, they refer to acquiring the ability to use a skillset recognized by the vatican as "obtaining a meister in *blank*". It's a recognition of what skills were made use of in the chapter (Knight, Aria, Dragoon, Doctor, Tamer).

Another way to put it is as follows: Paladin, Arc Knight and the like are titles/ranks. Meister is sort of like a license for doing tasks, as Ryuji explained by saying he got a license to make use of a particular Dragoon-exclusive weapon. It's sort of like getting your permit before you get your driver's license. When you drive, you make use of your driver's license to give you that legal right, no? At least, I do when I drive. I dunno about others. People can be weird. ( ._.)