Rules for compositors and readers at the University Press, Oxford

by Oxford University Press

(10) Surnames and nicknames, without hyphens: Louis le Grand.

(11) Honorary titles: Son Éminence, Leurs Altesses.

(12) Adjectives denoting geographical expressions: la mer Rouge, le golfe Persique.

(13) The names of the cardinal points designating an extent of territory: l’Amérique du Nord; aller dans le Midi. (See II. (2).)

(14) The word Église, when it denotes the Church as an institution: l’Église catholique; but when relating to a building église is put.

(15) The word État when it designates the nation, the country: La France est un puissant État.

II. Use lower-case initials for—

(1) The names of members of religious orders: un carme (a Carmelite), un templier (a Templar). But the orders themselves take capitals: l’ordre des Templiers, des Carmes.

(2) The names of the cardinal points: le nord, le sud. But see I. (13) above.