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== Customs ==

Members of the Landed nobility will sometimes append the Province that they hail from to their last name (e.g., , Auguste Bourseiller du Fonde), as sometimes the diaspora of a family can spread to far-flung regions, and the realm has seen wars where the appended Province name was the only thing separating the two sides.  This tradition is not followed uniformly throughout the kingdom – some families have never grown so large as to make the distinction, and others simply choose not to.

All of the members of both the Haute and Petite Noblesse are addressed as Lords (''Sieur'') or Ladies (''Dame''), thus the phrase ''Mon Sieur'' (my lord) or ''Ma Dame'' (My Lady).  Members of the Guildhomme are addressed as ''Messier'' (men) or ''Gentillesse'' (women) by each other and those of lower social status.  The lower classes are not entitled any address, although in most polite society where the actual status of people is not completely clear, the protocol is generally to use the address of the Guildhomme at a minimum, just to be safe.  Use of the address for the Noblesse in cases where there is uncertainty is permitted, so long as any who are not entitled to it do not allow the misperception to continue intentionally.

Clergy are entitled to be addressed in accordance with their rank; His Holiness for the Archprelate; His Eminence for the Prelates; His Excellency for the Archbishops; Father Abbott or Mother Abbess for monestary leaders; Reverend or Father for the rank-and-file priests of the Church; and Brother or Sister for the rank-and-file monks and nuns.