Ecclesiastical styles

thumb|Their Excellencies the Lords Justices of England, for the administration of the Government during the absence of the William III of England|King by Robert White.

honorific title used in Iberia, the Hispanic world, Lusophone countries and Italy

thumb|Portrait of Monsignor James F. Loughlin. The ecclesiastical dress of priests styled monsignor is similar to that of bishops. Monsignor ( ; ) is a form of address or title for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, meaning "my lord". "Monsignor" can be abbreviated as Mons. or Msgr. In some countries, the title "monsignor" is used as a form of address for bishops. However, in English-speaking countries, the title is unrelated to the episcopacy, though many priests with the title later become bishops.

title used for Catholics, Orthodox and Protestant whose heroic virtue has been proclaimed by the church

way of addressing religious figures

style of reference for high nobility

honorific prefix in various religions, such as Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism.

Abuna (or Abune, which is the status constructus form used when a name follows: Ge'ez አቡነ abuna/abune, 'our father'; Amharic and Tigrinya) is the honorific title used for any bishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church as well as of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It was historically used solely for the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Ethiopia during the more than 1000 years when the Coptic Patriarchate of Alexandria appointed only one bishop at a time to serve its Ethiopian flock. When referred to without a name following, it is Abun, and if a name follows, it becomes Abuna

Indo-Iranian honorific term

ecclesiastical title

(plural: Messeigneurs or Monseigneurs) is an honorific in the French language, abbreviated Mgr., Msgr. In English use it is a title before the name of a French prelate, a member of a royal family or other dignitary.

formal style of address used for members of the clergy. title that denotes a rank in a church