your grace
Blessed elegant bearing
Your Grace is a formal title of address used when speaking to or about certain high-ranking individuals, particularly dukes, duchesses, and archbishops.
It functions as a respectful third-person form even when addressing someone directly: Your Grace, the carriage is ready.
The title dates from medieval European court usage and remains current in British formal contexts and in historical fiction.
The archbishop entered, and all present bowed to His Grace.
Highest-ranking nobleman
- duchessWoman of ducal rank
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- nobilityTitled ruling class
aristocracy · ducal · coronet · estate · title · precedence · court · regent
duke
Highest-ranking nobleman
- duchessWoman of ducal rank
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
nobility · aristocracy · ducal · coronet · estate · title · precedence · court · regent · consort
majesty
Impressive supreme dignity
eminence · excellence · sire · madam · reverence · serenity · holiness · beatitude · excellency · sir