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HONOR & RESPECT

 

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These basic forms of address (mailing envelope and salutation) for many frequently encountered officials are provided by Robert Hickey, Deputy Director of The Protocol School of Washington® and author of 
Honor & Respect: the Official Guide to Names, Titles, and Forms of Address.
    For additional offices and correct forms of address for invitations, place cards, name badges, introductions, conversation, and all other formal uses, refer to Honor & Respect: the Official Guide to Names, Titles, and Forms of Address.

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Abbess, Christian Orthodox       
Abbot, Christian Orthodox        
Accountant
Archbishop, Catholic        
Archbishop, Christian Orthodox        
Archdeacon, Episcopal        
Archimandrite        
Architect
Archpriest        
Ambassador to the U.S.
     from a foreign country      
Ambassador of the U.S.        
Assemblyman, U.S., State            
     Assemblywoman            
Associate Justice,
       U.S. Supreme Court          
Associate Justice of a
       State Supreme Court
Attorney at Law
           
Attorney General           

Baron and/or Baroness           
Brother, Catholic         
Brother, Christian Orthodox          
Bishop, Catholic            
Bishop, Christian Orthodox         
Bishop, Episcopal        
Boy        
Brigadier General       

Captain,
       USA, USAF, or USMC     
Cardinal          
Chaplain in the Armed Services        
Chaplain in U.S. Congress          
Chief Executive Officer         
Chief Judge          
Chief Justice,
      U.S. Supreme Court            
Chief Justice,
      State Supreme Court             

Chief of Police           
Chief Operating Officer          
Child
           
Colonel, USA, USAF, or USMC
Congressman, U.S.              
Congresswoman, U.S.          
Corporate Executive         
Councilman, Councilwoman                           
Countess

Dalai Lama          
Deacon, Christian Orthodox         
Dean, academic            
Dean, clergy            
Delegate, U.S., State            
Dentist             
Deputy Marshal          
District Attorney           
Doctor of Dentistry           
Doctor of Medicine              
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine          
Doctor of Osteopathy             
Doctorate        

Earl            
Eminence
Excellency           

First Lady, Spouse of the   
    President of the United States 
First Lieutenant
     

Geshe
General
    USA, USAF, or USMC
Girl
Governor on a
    Board of Governors       
Governor, Lieutenant               
Governor of a Tribal Council          
Governor of a U.S. State       

Honorable, The          
Honourable, The
       

Judge of US City or
        US County Court     
Judge, US Federal Court            
Justice, Associate
        Federal Supreme Court
Justice, Associate
        State Supreme Court

King 

Lawyer      
Lieutenant Colonel
,
      USA, USAF, or USMC      
    
Lieutenant General,
      USA, USAF, or USMC      
Lieutenant Governor         
            

Major
     USA, USAF, or USMC      
Major General,
     USA, USAF, or USMC         
Man, business
          
Man, social
         
Marquess or Marchioness
 
   
Marshal for a Judicial District, U.S. 
Mayor of a U.S. City          
Mayor of a U.S. City, former         
Minister, Christian Clergy       
Miss.      
Monk, Christian Orthodox     
Monsignor       
Most Reverend, The        
Mother Superior, Christian Orthodox 
Mr.      
Mrs.      
Ms.      

Nun, Catholic  
Nun, Christian Orthodox

Pastor, Christian Clergy  
Patriarch, Christian Orthodox
  
Patriarch, Ecumenical Patriarch
      of Constantinople  
Physician
        
Police Chief                    
Pope, Catholic
  
Pope, Coptic
      
Postmaster General         
Presbyter, Christian Orthodox
   
President, corporate
President of College or University         
President of a US State Assembly             
President of the U.S.          
President of the U.S., spouse of       
President of the U.S., former        
President-elect of the U.S.          
Priest, Catholic          
Priest, Christian Orthodox           
Professor

Queen

Rabbi               
Ranger, Texas        
Representative, U.S., Federal           
Representative, U.S., State            
Resident Commissioner          
Retired Officer, Armed Service         
Reverend, The       
Right Reverend, The         

Second Lieutenant        
Secretary, U.S. Department,
      Member of the Cabinet  
Secretary General of the U.N.            
Senator, U.S., Federal       
Senator, U.S., Federal, former  
Senator, U.S., State         
Senator, Canadian       
Senior Judge        
Sergeant at Arms           
Sheriff       
Sister, Catholic       
Solicitor General                    
Speaker of the House, U.S.           
Spouse of the President of the U.S.       
Spouse of the Vice President
     of the U.S.          
Surgeon General          

Texas Ranger         

Venerable, The        
Veterinarian           
Very Reverend, The           
Vice President of the U.S.         
Vice President of the U.S., spouse of 
Vice President of the U.S., former        
Vice President-elect of the U.S.        
Viscount and/or Viscountess        

Widow      
Woman, business        
Woman, social        


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For forms of address for invitations, place cards, name badges, introductions, conversation, and all other formal uses, see Honor & Respect: the Official Guide to Names, Titles, and Forms of Address.

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