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  2. English honorifics - Wikipedia

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    The word "cantor" comes from the French word "chanteur", meaning "singer". Chief Rabbi: Generally used for a leading rabbi of a city or country, often known in Hebrew as רב הראשי. Sometimes an honorific title if a community rabbi has an ancestor who served as a chief rabbi of a town, or for a son of a grand rabbi who is heir apparent to ...

  3. Salutation - Wikipedia

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    Salutations can be formal or informal. The most common form of salutation in an English letter includes the recipient's given name or title. For each style of salutation there is an accompanying style of complimentary close, known as valediction. Examples of non-written salutations are bowing (common in Japan), waving, or even addressing ...

  4. Dāna - Wikipedia

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    Dāna as a formal religious act is directed by the Buddhist laity specifically to a monastic or spiritually-developed person. [37] In Buddhist thought, it has the effect of purifying and transforming the mind of the giver. [38] Generosity developed through giving leads to experience of material wealth and possibly being reborn in happy states.

  5. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    "Chav" is used throughout England, though "charv" or "charva" was originally used in the northeast, deriving from the Roma word charva, meaning a disreputable youth. cheeky * impertinent; noun form, cheek, impertinence; a child answering back to an adult might be told "don't give me any of your cheek" (also there is the expression "cheeky ...

  6. Giving - Wikipedia

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    Giving may refer to: Gift, the transfer of something without the expectation of receiving something in return; Generosity, the habit of giving freely without expecting anything in return; Charity (practice), the giving of help to those in need who are not related to the giver; Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, a book by Bill Clinton

  7. Toast (honor) - Wikipedia

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    The general theme of a toast is "good luck" or "good health". At formal meals in certain countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, the first toast to be proposed is traditionally the Loyal Toast ("The King"). This may be adapted in other countries to give a loyal toast to the appropriate head of state. [15] Selected examples of toasts worldwide:

  8. Letter of thanks - Wikipedia

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    Formal Letters: Often used for business related messages, or when the formality of the message requires a traditional style and format; Greeting Cards: Usually folded, these cards offer a classic design and ample space for a handwritten message. Postcards: These are simpler and can be less formal. They are great for quick thank-you messages ...

  9. Style (form of address) - Wikipedia

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    George Yule defines address form as a word or phrase that is used for a person to whom speaker wants to talk. [1] Address forms or address terms are social oriented and expose the social relationship of interlocutors. Maloth explains "when we address a person we should use suitable term depending on the appropriate situation where we are in". [2]