Honorific

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Alexander a la Fontayne:

An '''honorific''' is a form of address used to people of high [[rank]].

==Usage==
An honorific is something that is attached to the [[names|name]] but is not normally used elsewhere, e.g Mr, Sir, Mrs, Dr, Master. Contrast this with a [[title]] or position can appear without the person's name (e.g. the ''President'', the ''[[Earl]]''), and may be asssociated with a particular role or area (e.g. the US ''President'', Financial ''Director'', ''Earl'' of Cornwall).

== Period usage ==
Note also that [[medieval]] [[England|English]] [[king]]s were addressed as "Your Grace". "Your Majesty" is found in letters to King [[Henry VIII]] after about the time he broke with the [[Church]] of [[Rome]] (watch the gradual transition from "your grace" to "your highness" and "your majesty" in the letters addressed to Henry by his wives and daughters at http://englishhistory.net/tudor/letters.html). Earlier examples may be found in the Oxford Englsh dictionary dating back to 1387.

==Honorifics in the SCA==

The following honorifics are generally accepted throughout the [[SCA]], though there may be some regional variations. They are sometimes abbreviated and used as part of an individual's [[alphabet soup]] or before their names.

<table BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR>
<TD><B>RANK</B></TD>
<TD><B>HONORIFIC</B></TD>
<TD><B>ABBREVIATION</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[King]] or [[Queen]]</TD>
<TD>Your Majesty<br>My [[Liege]] (in some Kingdoms, only if you've sworn [[fealty]])<br>Your Grace (if you're just rather old-fashioned)</TD>
<TD> HM </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Crown Prince]] or [[Crown Princess|Princess]]</TD>
<TD>Your Royal Highness</TD>
<TD> HRH </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Prince]] or [[Princess]]</TD>
<TD>Your Highness</TD>
<TD> HH </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Duke]] or [[Duchess]]</TD>
<TD>Your Grace</TD>
<TD> </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Count]] or [[Countess]]</TD>
<TD>Your Excellency</TD>
<TD> HE </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Viscount]] or [[Viscountess]]</TD>
<TD>Your Excellency</TD>
<TD> HE </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Baron]] or [[Baroness]]</TD>
<TD>Your Excellency</TD>
<TD> HE </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Knight]]</TD>
<TD>Sir</TD>
<TD> </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Pelican]] or [[Laurel]]</TD>
<TD>[[Master]] or Mistress</TD>
<TD> OP, OL </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Anybody else</TD>
<TD>My [[Lord]]/My [[Lady]]</TD>
<TD> L </TD>
</TR>
</table>

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