Courtesy title

Rarity: Common

The most frequent rarity: most Wikipedia articles become Commons.

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Notion

Domain

Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but is rather used by custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (cf. substantive title).

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