Master general or Master-general can refer to: the Superior general of certain orders and congregations, such as the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross the Dominicans (Master of the Order of Preachers) the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy the Order of Saint Lazarus the Society of the Holy Cross the Trinitarian Order certain secular titles and offices, such as Master-General of the Ordnance Catholic ecclesiastical titles