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in the English context you would address a priest as 'Sir' as 'Sir Peter' or Sir John' just as you would a knight, and indicates the (at least theoretical) equivalence of status. You would probably address a bishop as 'My lord'.

 
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From:    "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: addressing priests

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Greetings all,
How were priests addressed in the Middle Ages? I believe the Icelandic 'sera' comes from English (sira?) but today this is associate with knights, not priests. The best I could come up with was 'the Reverend' which is a bit clumsy, but may have to work. 'Father', it was pointed out to me, is 19th century. Any suggetions?
All the best,
Meg

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Date:    Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:33:36 -0500
From:    Kurt Sherry <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: addressing priests

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I would think that finding the manner of address would have to appear in
literary sources because you'd need samples of dialogue. What I have
noticed is that when a priest is referred to in third person, he's usually
referred to as "the priest So-and-so" or "Such-and-such the priest." My
impression from the Byzantine sources (and I can't think of
anything specific off the top of my head aside from the Desert Fathers) is
that the direct address would be "Father;" for a bishop it is, "Master."

On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 11:45 AM Cormack, Margaret Jean <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Greetings all,
> How were priests addressed in the Middle Ages? I believe the Icelandic
> 'sera' comes from English (sira?) but today this is associate with knights,
> not priests. The best I could come up with was 'the Reverend' which is a
> bit clumsy, but may have to work. 'Father', it was pointed out to me, is
> 19th century. Any suggetions?
> All the best,
> Meg
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