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One or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts.

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Style (form of address)

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A 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 Hieronymus von Münchhausen (1720–1797), on the basis of which Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote the tales of Baron Munchausen.

Baron

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Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen (1720–1797), on the basis of which Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote the tales of Baron Munchausen.
A lord of Parliament, also called a baron, illustrated in the manuscript "Théâtre de tous les peuples et nations de la terre avec leurs habits et ornemens divers, tant anciens que modernes, diligemment depeints au naturel". Painted by Lucas d'Heere in the 2nd half of the 16th century. Preserverd in the Ghent University Library.
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A Scottish baron's helmet
Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim in 1920

Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical.

Coronet of a British viscount.

Viscount

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Coronet of a British viscount.
Coronet of the 6th Viscount Clifden.

A viscount (, for male ) or viscountess (, for female ) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status.

Hereditary title

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Hereditary 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.

The Burgrave of Regensburg presiding over a trial, early 14th-century illustration in the Codex Manesse.

Burgrave

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The Burgrave of Regensburg presiding over a trial, early 14th-century illustration in the Codex Manesse.

Burgrave, 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).

Mi-rareta (Sonkeigo)

Honorific

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Title 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.

Mi-rareta (Sonkeigo)

Some honorifics used by Ancient Romans, such as Augustus, turned into titles over time.

A 14th century depiction of the 13th century German knight Hartmann von Aue, from the Codex Manesse.

Knight

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A 14th century depiction of the 13th century German knight Hartmann von Aue, from the Codex Manesse.
A Norman knight slaying Harold Godwinson (Bayeux tapestry, c. 1070). The rank of knight developed in the 12th century from the mounted warriors of the 10th and 11th centuries.
The battle between the Turks and Christian knights during the Ottoman wars in Europe
David I of Scotland knighting a squire
The miles Christianus allegory (mid-13th century), showing a knight armed with virtues and facing the vices in mortal combat. The parts of his armour are identified with Christian virtues, thus correlating essential military equipment with the religious values of chivalry: The helmet is spes futuri gaudii (hope of future bliss), the shield (here the shield of the Trinity) is fides (faith), the armour is caritas (charity), the lance is perseverantia (perseverance), the sword is verbum Dei (the word of God), the banner is regni celestis desiderium (desire for the kingdom of heaven), the horse is bona voluntas (good will), the saddle is Christiana religio (Christian religion), the saddlecloth is humilitas (humility), the reins are discretio (discretion), the spurs are disciplina (discipline), the stirrups are propositum boni operis (proposition of good work), and the horse's four hooves are delectatio, consensus, bonum opus, consuetudo (delight, consent, good work, and exercise).
Tournament from the Codex Manesse, depicting the mêlée
Elements of a harness of the late style of Gothic plate armour that was a popular style in the mid 15th to early 16th century (depiction made in the 18th century)
Page from King René's Tournament Book (BnF Ms Fr 2695)
The Battle of Pavia in 1525. Landsknecht mercenaries with arquebus.
Fortified house – a family seat of a knight (Schloss Hart by the Harter Graben near Kindberg, Austria)
The Battle of Grunwald between Poland-Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights in 1410
Pippo Spano, the member of the Order of the Dragon
The English fighting the French knights at the Battle of Crécy in 1346
Miniature from Jean Froissart Chronicles depicting the Battle of Montiel (Castilian Civil War, in the Hundred Years' War)
A modern artistic rendition of a chevalière of the Late Middle Ages.
A battle of the Reconquista from the Cantigas de Santa Maria
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The Battle of Pavia in 1525. Landsknecht mercenaries with arquebus.

A 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.

Constantine I SOLI INVICTO COMITI (Comes to Sol Invictus)

Comes

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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".

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".

Constantine I SOLI INVICTO COMITI (Comes to Sol Invictus)

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.

St. Dominic of Silos enthroned as abbot (Hispano-Flemish Gothic 15th century)

Abbot

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St. Dominic of Silos enthroned as abbot (Hispano-Flemish Gothic 15th century)
Coptic icon of Saint Pachomius, the founder of cenobitic monasticism
Carving of Saint Benedict of Nursia, holding an abbot's crozier and his Rule for Monasteries (Münsterschwarzach, Germany)
Thomas Schoen, abbot of Bornem Abbey
Benedictine Archabbot Schober in prelate's dress and cappa magna
Arms of a Roman Catholic abbot are distinguished by a gold crozier with a veil attached and a black galero with twelve tassels (the galero of a territorial abbot would be green)
Abbot Francis Michael and Prior Anthony Delisi (on the left) of Monastery of the Holy Spirit, a Trappist monastery in Conyers, Georgia, US.
"The Abbot", from the Dance of Death, by Hans Holbein the Younger

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity.

Portrait of John Wesley, a major religious leader of the 18th century. He is styled The Rev'd, a contraction of "The Reverend"

The Reverend

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Honorific 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.

Portrait of John Wesley, a major religious leader of the 18th century. He is styled The Rev'd, a contraction of "The Reverend"

The Reverend is correctly called a style but is often and in some dictionaries called a title, form of address, or title of respect.