For example, the queen of the UK is called Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in which phrase "her majesty" is her style. She is entitled to the use of that style due to her right to the throne of the UK. The French monarchs during the ancient regimeé had the style most Catholic majesty. The pope has the style holiness. Cardinals in recent years usually attune to eminence. Even the Mayor of Vancouver, B.C. has a style.
The system of styles currently in use in Europe across the royal houses of the continent is the aggregation of centuries' of tradition and additions. A illustrative example of the evolution of the system of styles in England can be seen in the evolution of the sovereign's style: before Richard II, kings are customarily addressed without style. Richard II was the first to be called "your majesty". Despite this, the style of "majesty", "highness", and "grace" generally alternated with each other without prejudice, until the reign of James I, when it became mandatory for the sovereign to adopt the style of "majesty". Many other noblemen are also entitled to the use of styles, and common ones include "lordship", "honour", and "worship".
In the canon of New Odessa, Themiclesia is one of the first nations to have styles, which bespeaks volumes about the stratification of our society, into the higher and lesser nobility, gentry, and the common people. Of these four classes, only the first two are entitled to styles. The following table summarizes the system of styles.
| Individual | Style | Notes |
| king | your grace | The king elevates himself to "majesty" when travelling abroad. |
| queen | your grace | id. |
| heir-apparent | your grace | |
| other princes | your lordship | |
| other princesses | your ladyship | |
| first son of heir apparent | your grace | |
| other children of heir apparent | your lord/ladyship | |
| spouse of heir-apparent | your grace | |
| spouse of other princes/princesses | your lord/ladyship | |
| dukes/duchesses | your grace | Dukes share the title "grace" with the king due to the circumstances under which dukes are created: when an heir to the throne defers to another prince, the original heir is created a duke to give him an elevated status above all other nobles to recognize him for what he ought to have been. From the duke downwards to barons, they all receive a parcel of the land as a primary fief, which they could and do subdivide into secondary fiefs for their own vassals. |
| spouse of dukes/duchesses | your grace | |
| children of dukes | your lord/ladyship | |
| marquis/marchioness | your lord/ladyship | |
| count/countess | your lord/ladyship | |
| viscount/viscountess | your lord/ladyship | |
| baron/baroness | your lord/ladyship | |
| heir to marquis/count/viscount/baron | your lordship/ladyship | |
| baronets | your lord/ladyship | Baronetships are heritable in Themiclesia. They are considered noble but not part of the peerage, and thus not entitled to a seat at the state assembly. |
| other children of duke/marquis/count/viscount/baron | your honour | Children not heir to the aforementioned are created lesser nobles with secondary fiefs located within a primary fief. |
| state ministers | your worship | positions as state minister, without portfolio, are heritable, and they receive secondary fiefs. |
| state official | your worship | similar to state ministers, but with a lower status. |