The style prefixed to the titles of the peerage of Great Britain and Ireland are as follows :—
- Princes of the Blood, His Royal Highness.
- Archbishops, His Grace.
- Dukes, The Most Noble His Grace.
- Marquesses, the Most Honorable.
- Earls, Viscounts, and Barons, The Right Honorable.
- Bishops, The Right Reverend.
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ABAISSÉ. A French word, generally used in heraldry instead of the English word abased. When the fess, or any other ordinary properly placed above the fess point of the shield, is brought below it, that ordinary is said to be abaissé.
ABATEMENT. Any figure added to coats of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer. Thus, the baton, denoting illegitimacy, is an abatement: so, also, are the differences in coats of arms showing the degrees of consanguinity.