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A title is a prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may even be inserted between a first and last name (for example, Graf in German, Cardinal in Catholic usage or clerical titles such as Archbishop or Ter in the Armenian Apostolic Church). Some titles are hereditary.

Academic titles

  • *Assistant Professor
  • *Associate Professor
  • Dean
  • *Dean Emeritus
  • *J.D. - Juris Doctorate
  • *LL.D - Doctor of Laws (honorary)
  • *D.D. - Doctor of Divinity
  • *D.Sc. - Doctor of Science
  • *DBA - Doctor of Business Administration
  • *DPA - Doctor of Public Administration
  • *DMA - Doctor of Musical Arts
  • *DFA - Doctor of Fine Arts
  • *Doctorates in the field of medicine:

  • Masters
  • *MA - Master of Arts
  • *MBA - Master of Business Administration
  • *MPA - Master of Public Administration
  • *MChem - Master of Chemistry
  • *MDiv - Master of Divinity
  • *MEng - Master of Engineering
  • *MFA - Master of Fine Arts
  • *MPhil - Master of Philosophy
  • *MSc - Master of Science
  • *ThM - Master of Theology
  • Bachelor
  • *BSc - Bachelor of Science
  • *BA - Bachelor of Arts
  • *BEng - Bachelor of Engineering
  • *Bachelor of Fine Arts
  • Other

Professional titles

  • *PE, Professional Engineer
  • *SE, Structural Engineer
  • *GE, Geotechnical Engineer

Ecclesiastical titles

AbbessAbbotAblakAnaxArchbishopArchdeaconAyatollahBlessedBishopBodhisattvaBrotherBuddhaCantorCardinalCatholicosChaplainDeaconDeanDemiurgeElderFatherFriarImamMahdiMessiahMonsignorMother SuperiorMullahNathPastorPatriarchPopePresident, especially in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsPrimateProphetRabbiRebbeReverendRosh HaYeshivaSaintSaoshyantSisterTerTirthankarVardapetVenerable

Devotional titles

Titles for heads of state

Elected or popularly proclaimed

  • Pontiff (the title held by the pope, pope being the position)
  • Taoiseach, Prime Minister of Ireland, formerly the chief or king, from which title comes *Tánaiste deputy prime minister of Ireland, formerly the heir

Hereditary

  • Prince/Princess - Title often given to the sons and daughters of ruling monarchs. Also a title of the upper nobility in the Holy Roman Empire and its subsidiary territories until 1918. The German term for this title is Fuerst which loosely translates as prince.
  • Emir/Emira - Arabic Prince/Princess


The pope is the Bishop of Rome (a celibate office always forbidden to women), in English however, reports of female popes such as (Pope Joan) refer to them as pope and Popess is used, among other things, for the second trump in the Tarot deck; some European languages also have a feminine form of the word pope, such as the Italian papessa, the French papesse, and the German Päpstin

Historical titles for heads of state

The following are no longer officially in use, though some may be claimed by former regnal dynasties.

Appointed

  • Caesar (an honorific family name passed through Roman emperors by adoption)

Elected or popularly declared

Hereditary


When a difference exists below, male titles are placed to the left and female titles are placed to the right of the slash.
  • Africa

  • Asia
  • * Bayin - The title given to the king of pre colonial Burma
  • * Phrabat Somdej Phrachaoyuhua - King of Thailand (Siam), the title literally means "The feet of the Greatest Lord who is on the heads (of his subjects)" (This royal title doesn't refer directly to the king himself but to his feet, according to traditions.)
  • * Chogyal — "Divine Ruler" — ruled Sikkim until 1975
  • * Datu - pre-colonial Philippines
  • **Hwangje - Self-styled Korean "emperor"; states that unified Korea
  • **Hoang De - Self-styled Vietnamese "emperor"; unified Vietnam
  • **Racha - Thailand same meaning as Raja
  • **Raja - pre-colonial Philippines
  • **Raja - Malaysia, Raja denotes royalty in Perak and certain Selangor royal family lineages, is roughly equivalent to Prince or Princess
  • **Raja - Nepal King
  • **Rani - Nepali Queen
  • **Hari - Filipino title for king
  • * Qaghan - Central Asian Tribes
  • * Susuhanan - the Indonesian princely state of Surakarta until its abolition
  • **Shah - Persian/Iranian and Afghanistan and Tajikistan King
  • * Syed or Shariffah - Malaysia, descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad; Syed/Sharifah in Perlis if suffixed by the royal clan name, is roughly equivalent to Prince or Princess
  • * Tengku - Malaysia, Indonesia, Tengku (also spelled Tunku in Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah and Deli Sultanate of Indonesia is roughly equivalent to Prince or Princess
  • * Wang (King) - pre-Imperial China. In China, "king" is the usual translation for the term wang 王.
  • **Wang - States of Korea that did not have control over the entire peninsula.
  • **Vuong - States in Vietnam that did not control the entire realm.
  • * Yang di-Pertuan Agong - Monarch of Malaysia, elected each five years among the reigning Sultan of each Malaysian state

  • Europe
  • * Tsar - the ruler of Imperial Russia
  • * Rí, Rúirí, Rí Rúireach and Ard Rí - King, local overking, regional King, and High King in pre-Norman Ireland
  • * Kniaz'/Knyaginya/Knez/Knjeginja (generally translated as "prince") - Kievan Rus'/Serbia
  • * Tsar/Tsaritsa - Bulgaria, pre-imperial Russia, Serbia
  • * Župan sometimes Veliki Župan (Grand Župan) - Serbia, Croatia

  • Oceania
  • * "Mo'i" normally translated as King is a title used by Hawaiian monarchs since unification in 1810. The last person to hold that title was Queen Lili'uokalani.

Fictional titles for heads of state

  • Alpha

Honorary titles granted by heads of state

Current

  • Dame (The French term of respect Madame came from the same root. The masculine equivalent of a Dame is a Knight, although a Knight uses the title Sir rather than Knight before his name. Some knights, such as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter or Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, place their full title after their name)

Historical

  • Concubine (The Chinese imperial system, for instance, had a vastly complex hierarchy of titled concubines and wives to the emperor)
  • Ras (which translates as Head)
  • Fitawrari (translates as Leader of the Vanguard)
  • Dejazmach (translates as Commander of the Gate)
  • Gerazmach (translates as Commander of the Left)

Executive branch of government and other sub-national rulers

Currently in use

  • Minister from which come Prime Minister and a very long list of specific designations in the form "Minister of..."

Historical

  • Aqabe sa'at (translates as Guardian of the Church Hours)
  • Guardian

Judicial titles

In current use

Historical


Ovie - King in Urhobo language

Legislative titles

In current use

Historical

Honorary titles granted by an institution

Titles granted by an institution and used in direct address:
  • Dame, which comes from the same root as Dominus
  • Maid When used as a title before a name, this is an old way to denote an unmarried woman, such as the character Maid Marian. The closest masculine equivalent would probably be Youth although this has never really been used as a title in the same way. Young boys used to be addressed as "Master [first name]" -- this was the standard form for servants to address their employer's minor children.

Titles awarded by institutions due to merit but not used in correspondence:
  • Queen's Scout title conferred upon a scout upon achieving highest attainable award achievable in the Scouting movement
  • Queen's Guide title conferred upon a guide upon highest attainable award for members of the Girl Guiding movement
  • Reader For example Honorary Reader granted by a University to an individual who in seen as a leader in their discipline.

Honorary job titles in the royal household:

Titles granted by institutions due to position rather than merit (e.g. job title):

Honorary titles granted by a mentor with the same title

Honorary titles granted by one's peers

Honorary titles bestowed by followers


See also

  • titles (in professional writing)
  • titles (Ethiopian aristocratic and religious)

Sources

  • Master and Commander'', film directed by Peter Weir

 
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