Hereditary title
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| - | :''[[aristocracy (class)]]'' | + | '''Hereditary titles''', in a general sense, are [[title]]s, positions or [[Style (manner of address)|style]]s that are [[hereditary]] and thus tend or are bound to remain in particular families. |
| - | The term '''aristocracy''' refers to a form of government where [[power]] is [[hereditary]], and split between a small number of families. It is derived from two [[Ancient Greek]] words, "''[[aristos]]''" meaning the "[[best]]" and "''[[kratein]]''" "to rule" and so aristocracy originally meant "rule by the best". Aristocracies have most often been hereditary [[Plutocracy|plutocracies]] (see below), with a belief in their own superiority. Aristocracies often include a monarch who although a member of the aristocracy rules over the aristocracy as well as the rest of society. | + | |
| - | Aristocracy can also refer to the highest class in society even if they do not rule directly. | + | |
| - | ==Europe== | + | |
| - | The [[French Revolution]] attacked aristocrats as people who had achieved their status by birth rather than by [[merit]], and this was considered unjust. In the [[United Kingdom]] and other European countries, such as [[Spain]] and [[Denmark]], in which [[hereditary titles]] are still recognised, "aristocrat" still refers to the descendant of one of approximately 7,000 families with hereditary titles, usually still in possession of considerable wealth, though not necessarily so. | + | |
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| - | * [[Gentry]] | + | |
| - | * [[Nobility]] | + | * [[Title]]s |
| - | * [[Old Money]] | + | * [[Use of courtesy titles and honorifics in professional writing|Titles]] (in professional writing) |
| + | * [[False titles of nobility|Titles]] (false) | ||
| + | * [[Honorifics]] | ||
| + | * [[Style (manner of address)|Styles]] | ||
| + | * [[Royal and noble styles|Styles]] (royal and noble) | ||
| + | * [[Forms of address in the United Kingdom|Styles]] (United Kingdom) | ||
| + | *[[Monarchy]] | ||
| + | *[[Nobility]] | ||
| + | *[[Peerage]] (United Kingdom) | ||
| + | *[[Royal and Noble Ranks|Royal and noble ranks]] | ||
| + | *[[Great Officers of State|Great officers of state]] (United Kingdom) | ||
| + | *[[Aristocracy]] | ||
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Hereditary titles, in a general sense, are titles, positions or styles that are hereditary and thus tend or are bound to remain in particular families.
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See also
- Titles
- Titles (in professional writing)
- Titles (false)
- Honorifics
- Styles
- Styles (royal and noble)
- Styles (United Kingdom)
- Monarchy
- Nobility
- Peerage (United Kingdom)
- Royal and noble ranks
- Great officers of state (United Kingdom)
- Aristocracy
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