Phrase guide
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pron
A title of respect used when addressing a duke or duchess or other high noble of equivalent rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
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pron
you (as a polite form of address to social superiors)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, obsolete
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pron
Used in direct address to archbishops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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pron
Used in direct address to bishops, although in British English sometimes only granted to the Bishop of Meath and Kildare in Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: especially Eastern Orthodoxy Christianity
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pron
Used in direct address to dukes and to Lord High Commissioners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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History
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Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
