a lawyer, notary (or various other legal positions), the proper salutation will be Maître ("Master"). The same salutation is used for famous writers, painters, and for members of the Académie française. For some specific professions (lawyers, physicians, for instance), two persons exercising the same such profession will always use Cher Confrère (feminine: Chère Consœur). The address may vary when writing to dignitaries. For instance, one will use: for monarchs and members of their families or high nobility: for a king/queen: Sire, / Madame, for a sovereign prince/princess, a sovereign duke/duchess, a prince/princess of royal blood, a pretendent to a throne, etc. : Monseigneur, ("Mylord") / Madame, for a non sovereign prince or a French Duke: Prince, / Princesse, for Catholic or Orthodox clerics: for the Pope: Très Saint Père, humblement prosterné aux pieds de Votre Sainteté et implorant la faveur de la bénédiction apostolique, ("Most Holy Father, humbly bowing down before the feet of Your Holiness and begging for the favour of the apostolic benediction,") for the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople: Très Saint Père, ("Most Holy Father") Monsieur le Cardinal, or less formally Éminence, (formerly (Illustrissime et) Éminentissime Seigneur, "(Most Illustrious and) Most Eminent Lord", now disused) for a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church for a papal nunzio, Monseigneur, in private correspondence, and Monsieur le Nonce, for official uses for a Catholic prelate or a Catholic or Orthodox bishop, archbishop or patriarch: Monseigneur, ("Mylord"). For bishops/archbishops/patriarchs it is possible to be more formal and write Monseigneur l'Évèque / l'Archevêque / le Patriarche, for the superior of a Catholic or Orthodox religious order: Mon Très Révérend Père or Révérendissime Père / Ma Très Révérende Mère or Révérendissime Mère ("Most Reverend Father/Mother"). Various specific salutations exist for some orders. for a Catholic or Orthodox parish priest / archpriest / priest: Mon Père or Monsieur le Curé / l'Archiprêtre / l'Abbé for a monk: Mon Père ("My Father") or Mon Frère ("My Brother"), depending on the order for a nun: Ma Mère ("My Mother") or Ma Sœur ("My Sister"), depending on the order if the writer knows well the priest/monk/nun recipient, it is possible to use (Très) Cher Père, (Très) Cher Frère, (Très) Chère Mère, (Très) Chère Sœur,: "(Most) Dear Father/Brother/Mother/Sister". for members of the armed forces: for a navy general officer: Admiral, for a male general officer (except navy): a male writer will use Mon Général, and a female writer Général,