Forms of address in Themiclesia

Forms of address in Themiclesia convey the speaker's attitude and relationship with the addressed. Themiclesian culture dictates that whenever a form of address is available, addressing another by name is to be avoided and may be perceived as insulting.

Abbreviations

• The Honourable: The Hon.
• The Right Honourable: The Rt. Hon.

Royalty

Royal household

Position	On envelopes		Salutation		Oral style
	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana
Emperor	To the Sk′ên-ljang Palace	上顯陽宮	Your Majesty	皇帝陛下	My sovereign	主上
Empress Consort	To the Middle Palace	上中宮	Your Majesty	皇后殿下	Heavenly lady	天君
Former monarch's wife	To the Gweng-l′junh Palace	上宏訓宮	Your Majesty	帝太后殿下	Great lady	大君
Current monarch's mother (if different)	The Matriarch	伯氏	Your Imperial Highness	伯君殿下	Matriarch lady	伯君
Heir apparent	To the East Palace	上東宮	Your Imperial Highness	帝子殿下	Your Imperial Highness	公子
Heir apparent's wife	To the East Palace, Ljan-ning Hall	上東延年殿	Your Imperial Highness	東宮君殿下	Your Imperial Highness	帝君
Emperor's siblings and children	The Prince/Princess Name	公子某	Your Highness	公子閣下	Your Highness	公子
Emperor's siblings' and children's consorts	The Prince/Princess Consort Name	子氏某	Your Highness	子氏閣下	Your Highness	子君
Emperor's grandchildren	Prince/Princess Name	公孫某	Honourable Prince/Princess	公孫閣下	Prince/Princess	公孫
Emperor's grandchildren's consorts	Prince/Princess Consort Name	孫氏某	Honourable Prince/Princess Consort	孫氏閣下	Prince/Princess	孫君
Emperor's great-grandchildren	Prince/Princess Name	子某	Honourable Prince/Princess	公孫閣下	Prince/Princess	公孫
Emperor's grandchildren's consorts	Prince/Princess Consort Name	氏某	Honourable Prince/Princess Consort	孫氏閣下	Prince/Princess	孫君

Titles in appanage

Position	On envelopes		Salutation		Oral style
	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana
Royal Prince	The Prince of X	某子	Noble Prince of X	某子閣下	My lord	君
Royal Prince's wife	The Princess Consort of X	某子氏	Noble Princess Consort of X	某氏閣下	My lady	君
Royal Princess	The Princess of X	某婦	Noble Princess of X	某婦閣下	My lady	君
Royal Princess's husband	The Prince Consort Name of X	某婦君某	Noble Prince Consort of X	某婦君閣下	My lord	君

Nobility

Elder of Themiclesia

Please note that while the Elder of Themiclesia is listed as a title in most guides, it has never been actually granted since the 1600s. There exists debate as to how they should actually be addressed in Anglian, and the following are considered hypothetical if one were to be appointed now. While it is not legally impossible for a woman to be appointed Elder, this has in reality never occurred as a woman in the position of an Elder tended to use her own title to discharge an that function, rather than a title derived from a grandfather or uncle acting as guardian. The Elderdom is not a heritable title, but otherwise its holder is likely to be and has historically always been titled.

Position	On envelopes		Salutation and valediction		Oral style
	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana
Elder	The Elder of X	某公	Your Grace	某公殿下	Great lord	大君
Elder's wife	The Lady of Themiclesia	某氏	Your Grace	某氏閣下	Great lady	大君

Patriarchs and princes palatine and their heirs apparent

A patriarch and a prince palatine are considered to be of the same rank. In historical terms, patriarchs (伯) and princes palatine (王) are considered junior sovereigns in a permanent alliance with the monarch rather than vassals. Indeed, the emperor is a style assumed by the Patriarch of Tsjinh (晉伯). As such, they and their families are entitled to certain styles, dignities, and even prerogatives common with the emperor.  A female patriarch is called a matriarch. A patriarch is senior to a prince palatine, but within a palatine prince's own territories, the reverse is true.  Patriarchs and princes palatine, their consorts, their children, and their children's consorts take precedence in all cases over the emperor's vassals.

Position	On envelopes		Salutation and valediction		Oral style
	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana
Patriarch/Matriarch	The Patriarch of Ra	魯伯	Your Highness	魯伯殿下	Great lord	大君
Patriarch's wife	Lady Maiden name, The Patriarch Consort of Ra	魯帝君某氏	Your Highness	魯某氏殿下	Great lady	孟君
Matriarch's husband	Name, The Lord of Ra	魯君某	Your Highness	魯氏殿下	Great lord	大君
Patriarch's heir apparent	The Agnate Prince/Princess of Ra	魯帝大子	Your Highness	魯帝大子閣下	Great lord	大君
Patriarch's heir apparent's wife	Lady Maiden name, The Agnate Prince/Princess Consort of Ra	魯君某氏	Your Highness	魯帝大子閣下	Great lord	大君
Prince/Princess palatine	The Prince Palatine of Ra	魯王	Your Highness	魯王殿下	Great prince	大王
Prince palatine's wife	Lady Maiden name, The Princess Palatine Consort of Ra	魯王君某氏	Your Highness	魯氏閣下	Princely lady	王君
Princess palatine's husband	Name, The Lord of Ra	魯君某	Your Highness	魯氏閣下	Princely lord	王君
Palatine Prince/Princess's heir apparent	The Agnate Prince/Princess of Ra	魯王大子	Your Highness	魯王大子閣下	Great lord	大君
Palatine Prince/Princess's heir apparent's wife	Lady Maiden name, The Agnate Prince/Princess Consort	魯君某氏	Your Highness	魯王大子閣下	Great lord	大君

Children and grandchildren of patriarchs and princes palatine

As with the royal family, there is no gender distinction in Shinasthana between the sons and daughters of patriarchs and princes palatine, though it is made in Anglian following international customs. The form of address for married women depends on their original status and that of their husbands. If their own household is of a higher rank, they are generally referred to by their titles derived from their own household; if not, a title derived from that of their husbands is used. These customs exist as to general, social appellation: to her own household, she always takes her husband's title, and to her husband's household, she always is known by her original household's titles.

Position	On envelopes		Salutation and valediction		Oral style
	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana	Anglian	Shinasthana
Patriarch/Matriarch's sons and daughters unmarried	Lord/Lady Name of Ra	魯子某	Your Lordship	某子閣下	My lord	君
Patriarch/Matriarch's daughters married	Lady Ra of Kem	甘魯氏君	Your Lordship	某子閣下	My lord	君
Patriarch/Matriarch's son's wife	Lady Maiden name of Ra	魯子君某氏	Your Ladyship	某氏君閣下	My lady	君
Patriarch/Matriarch's daughter's husband	Name, Lord of Ra	魯子君某氏	Your Ladyship	某氏君閣下	My lady	君
Patriarch/Matriarch's grandsons and granddaughters unmarried	Lord/Lady Name of Ra	魯孫某	Your Lordship	某氏殿下	My lord	君
Patriarch/Matriarch's granddaughters married	Lady Ra of Kem	甘魯孫氏君	Your Lordship	某氏殿下	My lord	君
Patriarch/Matriarch's grandson's wife	Lady Maiden name of Ra	魯孫君某氏	Your Ladyship	某氏君閣下	My lady	君
Patriarch/Matriarch's granddaughter's husband	The Rt. Hon. Mr. Name of Ra	魯孫君某	Your Ladyship	某氏君閣下	My lady	君
Palatine prince/princess's sons and daughters unmarried	Lord Name of Ra	魯子某	Your Lordship	某伯閣下	My lord	君
Palatine prince/princess's daughters married	Lady Ra of Kem	甘魯氏君	Your Lordship	某伯閣下	My lord	君
Palatine prince/princess's son's wife	Lady Name of Ra	魯子君某氏	Your Ladyship	某氏閣下	My lady	君
Palatine prince/princess's daughter's husband	Lady Name of Ra	魯子君某氏	Your Ladyship	某氏君閣下	My lady	君
Palatine prince/princess's grandsons and granddaughters unmarried	Lord Name of Ra	魯孫某	Your Lordship	某氏閣下	My lord	君
Palatine prince/princess's granddaughters married	Lady Ra of Kem	甘魯孫氏君	Your Lordship	某伯閣下	My lord	君
Palatine prince/princess's grandson's wife	Lady Name of Ra	魯孫君某氏	Your Ladyship	某帝大子閣下	My lady	君
Palatine prince/princess's granddaughter's husband	Lady Name of Ra	魯子君某氏	Your Ladyship	某氏君閣下	My lady	君