A report on Title
One or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts.
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Style (form of address)
4 linksA style of office or form/manner of address, is an official or legally recognized form of address for a person or other entity (such as a government or company), and may often be used in conjunction with a personal title.
Baron
3 linksBaron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical.
Viscount
3 linksA viscount (, for male ) or viscountess (, for female ) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status.
Hereditary title
2 linksHereditary titles, in a general sense, are nobility titles, positions or styles that are hereditary and thus tend or are bound to remain in particular families.
Burgrave
3 linksBurgrave, also rendered as burggrave (from Burggraf, burgravius, burggravius, burcgravius, burgicomes, also praefectus), was since the medieval period in Europe (mainly Germany) the official title for the ruler of a castle, especially a royal or episcopal castle, and its territory called a Burgraviate or Burgravate (German Burggrafschaft also Burggrafthum, Latin praefectura).
Honorific
2 linksTitle that conveys esteem, courtesy, or respect for position or rank when used in addressing or referring to a person.
Title that conveys esteem, courtesy, or respect for position or rank when used in addressing or referring to a person.
Some honorifics used by Ancient Romans, such as Augustus, turned into titles over time.
Knight
1 linksA knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.
Comes
1 linksLatin word for "companion", either individually or as a member of a collective denominated a "comitatus", especially the suite of a magnate, being in some instances sufficiently large and/or formal to justify specific denomination, e.g. a "cohors amicorum".
Latin word for "companion", either individually or as a member of a collective denominated a "comitatus", especially the suite of a magnate, being in some instances sufficiently large and/or formal to justify specific denomination, e.g. a "cohors amicorum".
Comes was a common epithet or title that was added to the name of a hero or god in order to denote relation with another god.
Abbot
1 linksAbbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity.
The Reverend
1 linksHonorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and ministers.
Honorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and ministers.
The Reverend is correctly called a style but is often and in some dictionaries called a title, form of address, or title of respect.