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Lowercase all forms (e.g., senior warden, junior warden, rector\u2019s warden, priest\u2019s warden, people\u2019s warden) unless used directly before a name. Preferred form is to set the lowercased title apart from the name by commas. Preferred: Jane Doe, senior warden, spoke to the congregation about the upcoming stewardship campaign. The people\u2019s warden, John Smith, will hold a cleanup day at the church.<\/em> Alternative: Rector\u2019s Warden Jane Doe spoke to the group.<\/em><\/p>\n


See also<\/em> An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church<\/a>, Associated Press Style Guide, Guide to Rules of Address<\/a> (Church Pension Group), Religion Stylebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Lowercase unless before a name. Preferred form is to set the lowercased title apart from the name by commas. The senior warden, Jane Doe, made the announcement.<\/em> See also<\/em> titles: clergy and religious<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lowercase all forms (e.g., senior warden, junior warden, rector\u2019s warden, priest\u2019s warden, people\u2019s warden) unless used directly before a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"glossary-categories":[1976],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-3473862","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-categories-writing-style-guide"],"post_title":"warden","post_content":"

Lowercase all forms (e.g., senior warden, junior warden, rector\u2019s warden, priest\u2019s warden, people\u2019s warden) unless used directly before a name. Preferred form is to set the lowercased title apart from the name by commas. Preferred: Jane Doe, senior warden, spoke to the congregation about the upcoming stewardship campaign. The people\u2019s warden, John Smith, will hold a cleanup day at the church.<\/em> Alternative: Rector\u2019s Warden Jane Doe spoke to the group.<\/em><\/p>


See also<\/em> An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church<\/a>, Associated Press Style Guide, Guide to Rules of Address<\/a> (Church Pension Group), Religion Stylebook<\/a><\/p>

Lowercase unless before a name. Preferred form is to set the lowercased title apart from the name by commas. The senior warden, Jane Doe, made the announcement.<\/em> See also<\/em> titles: clergy and religious<\/p>","acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"glossary-categories":[{"value":1976,"label":"Writing Style Guide"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jeremy Tackett","author_link":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/author\/jtackett\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3473862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3473862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3474775,"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3473862\/revisions\/3474775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3473862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=3473862"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=3473862"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-languages?post=3473862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}