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How far back is the designation "sir" found? Does anyone familiar with French materials know of any comparable usage? > In my work, I translate a lot of Latin administrative documents, > especially account entries and ecclesiatical court bumpf, and there > are frequently references to ordinary parish priests (as opposed to > prelates or Benedicitne monk-priests). Following pre-Reformation > English usage, I usually translate 'dominus' as 'Sir' for a secular > priest but 'lord' for a prelate and 'Dom' for a Benedictine Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask] Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388 College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033 Charleston, SC 29424-0001 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%