Title

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A title is a prefix or suffix added to someone'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). Some titles are hereditary.

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Abbess Abbot Ablak Anax Archbishop Archdeacon Ayatollah Blessed Bishop Bodhisattva Brother Buddha Cantor Cardinal Catholicos Chaplain Deacon Dean Demiurge Elder Father Friar Imam Kohen Mahdi Messiah Minister Monsignor Mother Superior Mullah Nath Pastor Patriarch Pope President, especially in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Primate Prophet Rabbi Rebbe Reverend Rosh HaYeshiva Saint Saoshyant Sister Ter^{[disambiguation needed ]} Tirthankar Vardapet Venerable

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[edit] Titles for heads of state and other leaders

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

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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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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.

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Abbess (the masculine equivalent is Abbot) Acolyte Admiral (from which come Grand Admiral, Lord High Admiral, Rear Admiral, and Vice Admiral) Adjutant Agent Agister Almoner (from which comes Lord High Almoner) Ambassador Attaché Attorney Awoamefia Bishop (from which come Archbishop, Boy Bishop, Lord Archbishop, Metropolitan Bishop, and Prince Bishop) Brigadier Canon Cantor Captain (from which comes Group Captain) Chancellor (from which come Lord Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor) Chaplain Chargé d'affaires Commander (from which come Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant Commander, and Wing Commander) Commissioner (from which come First Church Estates Commissioner and High Commissioner) Commodore (from which comes Air Commodore) Comptroller (from which Comptroller General and Comptroller of the Household) Constable (from which come Lord High Constable^{[disambiguation needed ]} and Senior Constable) Corporal (from which come Lance Corporal and Staff Corporal) Courtier Curator Custos Deacon (from which comes Archdeacon) Dean Denkyerahene Docent Doyen Druid (the United Kingdom now has an official Archdruid) Edohen Ekegbian Elder Elerunwon Envoy Eze Father (from which comes Father of the Nation) Fon Foreman^{[disambiguation needed ]} Forester (such as the United Kingdom's Master Forester) General is usually used as a sort of shorthand for "general military commander". The term's far-reaching connotation has provoked its use in a very broad range of titles, including Adjutant General, Attorney General, Captain General, Colonel General, Director General, Generalissimo, General of the Army, Governor General, Lieutenant General, Lord Justice General, Major General, Resident General, Secretary General, Solicitor General, Surgeon General and Vicar General Gentiluomo Governor (from which comes Lieutenant Governor) Headman Herald of Arms Intendant (and the related Superintendent^{[disambiguation needed ]}) Keeper, such as the British queen's Keeper of the Great Seal, and Keeper of the Prince's Privy Seal Lama and the related Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama Lamido Librarian Lieutenant (from which come First Lieutenant, Flight Lieutenant and Lord Lieutenant) Major Manager^{[disambiguation needed ]} (from which comes General Manager) Marcher such as the current Lady Marcher in the United Kingdom Mate, more often titled as Chief Mate or First Mate Matriarch (the masculine equivalent is Patriarch) Mayor and related terms such as Lady Mayoress or Lord Mayor Minister from which come Prime Minister and a very long list of specific designations in the form "Minister of..." Mother (from which come Mother Superior, Queen Mother, and Reverend Mother) Msiri Mwami Nizam Oba Obi Obong Officer, a generic sort of title whose use has spread in recent years into a wide array of mostly corporate and military titles. These include Air Officer, Chief Academic Officer, Chief analytics officer, Chief Business Development Officer, Chief Credit Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Knowledge Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Petty Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Technical Officer, Chief Warrant Officer, Corporate officer, Customs officer, Field officer, First Officer, Flag Officer, Flying Officer, General Officer, Intelligence Officer, Junior Warrant Officer, Master Chief Petty Officer, Master Warrant Officer, Officer of State, Petty Officer, Pilot Officer, Police Officer, Political Officer, Revenue Officer, Senior Officer, Ship's Officer, Staff Officer, and Warrant Officer. Oliha Olowo Olu Oni Prefect Prelate Premier Presbyter Priest (from which comes High Priest. The feminine equivalent is Priestess.) Primate Principal Prior (from which comes Lord Prior) Provost Pursuivant Queen's Remembrancer Rangatira Ranger^{[disambiguation needed ]} Rector (from which come Lord Rector and Rector Magnificus) Registrar (in a variant spelling in the title Lord Clerk Register) Risaldar Sachem Sagamore Searcher of the Sanctuary Secretary (from which come Cardinal Secretary of State, Foreign Secretary, General Secretary, and Secretary of State, as well as a long list of other titles in the form "Secretary of..." in which Secretary means the same thing as Minister) Seigneur (from which come Monsignor and the French common polite term Monsieur, equivalent to Mister) Sergeant (from which come Sergeant at Mace and Sergeant of Arms Sharif Shehu Sheikh Sheriff (from which comes High Sheriff) Subaltern Subedar Sysselmann Timi Treasurer (from which come Master Treasurer and Secretary Treasurer) Verderer Vicar Warden (from which come Hereditary Warden and Lord Warden) Woodman

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Titles granted by an institution and used in direct address:

Titles awarded by institutions due to merit but not used in correspondence:

Honorary job titles in the royal household:

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

Apprentice Chief butler Director This title is used extensively for the leaders of artistic projects, such as an Animation director, Art director, Artistic director, Casting director, Creative director, Film director, Game director, Music director, Television director, Theatre director, and Video Director. Other forms are Director of Operations^{[disambiguation needed ]}, Funeral Director, and Technical Director. Instructor Journeyman Lecturer, including Principal Lecturer and Senior Lecturer Scout

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Corporate title Ethiopian aristocratic and religious titles False titles of nobility Hereditary title Honorifics Honorary title^{[disambiguation needed ]} Military rank Nobility Peerage Political institutions of Rome Post-nominal titles Pre-nominal titles Royal and noble ranks Royal and noble styles Style (manner of address) Use of courtesy titles and honorifics in professional writing

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