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 Capitalize— Star-Spangled Banner, Old Glory, the Lilies of France, the Union Jack, etc.

The names of political parties, religious denominations or sects, and philosophical, literary, and artistic schools, and their adherents; as, Republican, Whig, Mugwump, Christian, Catholic, High Churchman, Theosophist, Pharisee, Gentile, Boxer, Epicurean, Realist, Impressionist.


 * Do not capitalize such words as socialist, abolitionist, anarchist, etc., in their general sense, but only as applied to a distinct party organization or sect.

Political alliances, and such terms from secular or ecclesiastical history as have, through their associations, acquired special significance as designations for parties, classes, movements, etc.; as, Protestant League, Holy Alliance, Dreibund, the Roses, Roundheads, Cavaliers, Papacy (but papal), Independents, Nonconformists).

The official titles of civil, military, social, religious, educational, political, commercial, and industrial organizations and institutions; as, Exchange Club, Associated Press, New York Central Railroad, Ninth Regiment, Sixth Corps, Third Battery of Field Artillery, Knights of Pythias, Knights Templars, Associated Charities, Paris Lyceum, Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, English High School, Masons’ Union No. 27.

Ordinals used to designate Egyptian dynasties, sessions of Congress, political divisions, etc.: as, Eighteenth Dynasty, Fifty-fourth Congress, Ninth Congressional District, Second Ward.

Nouns and adjectives used to designate the Supreme Being or Power, or any member of the Christian Trinity (except in extracts from the Bible); as, God, Lord, Creator, Father, the Almighty, the Infinite, the All-Wise, Infinite One, Supreme Being, Most High, Everlasting Father, etc.; also Heaven and Providence (when they are synonymous with the Deity, but not otherwise), Saviour, the Messiah, the Anointed, the Son, Son of Man, Redeemer, Holy One, Master, Holy Trinity, Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, Virgin Mary, Holy Virgin, Mother of God.


 * But do not capitalize such expressions and derivatives as: (God’s) fatherhood, (Jesus’) sonship, messianic hope, christological (but Christology).

The pronouns Thee, Thou, He, Him, referring to God or the Saviour, except in extracts from the Bible; but do not capitalize thine and his.