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  2. English honorifics - Wikipedia

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    In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Sir, Dame, Dr, Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person's name, as in Mr President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.

  3. Honorific - Wikipedia

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    The most common honorifics in modern English are usually placed immediately before a person's name. Honorifics used (both as style and as form of address) include, in the case of a man, "Mr." (irrespective of marital status), and, in the case of a woman, previously either of two depending on marital status: "Miss" if unmarried and "Mrs." if married, widowed, or divorced; more recently, a third ...

  4. Respect - Wikipedia

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    One definition of respect is a feeling of admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, and achievements. An honorific is a word or expression (such as a title like "Doctor" or a pronoun form) that shows respect when used in addressing or referring to a person.

  5. Sir - Wikipedia

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    They're showing respect by giving me a title rather than 'hey' or 'oi, you' or whatever", and dismissed the male/female issue as "just the way the English language works". [ 22 ] In the Southern United States , the term 'sir' is often used to address someone in a position of authority or respect, and is commonly used in schools and universities ...

  6. List of religious titles and styles - Wikipedia

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    A Sunni Islam term meaning the most respected of the Marjas; it is a Persian name for teacher that is also used by some to denote a teacher of extraordinary respect. Amir al-Mu'minin: Leader of the faithful (only used for four Rashidun Caliphate) Ash Shakur: Ayatollah: In Shi'a Islam, a high ranking title given to clerics. Custodian of the Two ...

  7. The Reverend - Wikipedia

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    The Reverend is correctly called a style, but is sometimes referred to as a title, form of address, or title of respect. [ 1 ] The term is an anglicisation of the Latin reverendus , the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe.

  8. Style (form of address) - Wikipedia

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    The second-person (singular and plural) possessive adjective your is used as a form of address (that is, when speaking directly to the person[s] entitled to the style[s]); the third-person possessive adjectives his/her' (singular) and their (plural) are used as forms of reference (that is, when speaking about the person[s] entitled to the style ...

  9. Sensei - Wikipedia

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    The term literally means "person born before another" or "one who comes before". [1] ... Xiansheng was a courtesy title for a man of respected stature.