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A title is a prefix or suffix added to someone's name in certain contexts. It may signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may be inserted before a last name (for example, Graf in German, Cardinal in Catholic usage or clerical titles such as Archbishop). Some titles are hereditary.
Titles include:
The following titles are the default titles:
Aunt, Auntie, or Uncle may be used as titles by nieces and nephews, or by children to adults who they know.
Other titles are used for various reasons, such as to show aristocratic status or one's role in government, in a religious organization, or in a branch of the military.
Some job titles of members of the legislature and executive are used as titles.
In the United Kingdom, "Lord" and "Lady" are used as titles for members of the nobility. Unlike titles such as "Mr" and "Mrs", they are not used before first names except in certain circumstances, for example as courtesy titles for younger sons, etc., of peers.
The title of a character found in Tarot cards based upon the Pope on the Roman Catholic Church. As the Bishop of Rome is an office always forbidden to women there is no formal feminine of Pope, which comes from the Latin word papa (an affectionate form of the Latin for father). Indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary does not contain the word.[2] The mythical Pope Joan, who was reportedly a woman, is always referred to with the masculine title pope, even when her female identity is known. Further, even if a woman were to become Bishop of Rome it is unclear if she would take the title popess; a parallel might be drawn with the Anglican Communion whose female clergy use the masculine titles of priest and bishop as opposed to priestess or bishopess. Nonetheless some European languages, along with English, have formed a feminine form of the word pope, such as the Italian papessa, the French papesse, and the German Päpstin.
These do not belong to the nobility.
"Sir" and "Dame" differ from titles such as "Mr" and "Mrs" in that they can only be used before a person's first name, and not immediately before their surname.
Titles are used to show somebody's ordination as a priest or their membership in a religious order. Use of titles differs between denominations.
Christian priests often have their names prefixed with a title similar to The Reverend.
Military ranks are used before names.
The names of police officers may be preceded by a title such as "Officer" or by their rank.
Some titles are used to show one's role or position in a society or organization.
Some titles are used in English to refer to the position of people in foreign political systems
The following are no longer officially in use, though some may be claimed by former regnal dynasties.
When a difference exists below, male titles are placed to the left and female titles are placed to the right of the slash.
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Members of legislatures often have post-nominal letters expressing this:
Isle of Man, India, Canada, European Union, British Overseas Territories
Vienna, Lower Austria, Hungary, Upper Austria, Styria
Delhi, India, Rajasthan, Pakistan, Maharashtra
Colombo, India, United Nations, Maldives, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam