How to treat the title Sister in a profile

Question

Nuns take a religious name when they join an Order.  I've been putting it in Preferred Name.  Sister Imelda was born Bridget Duffy, but was known as Sister Imelda the rest of her life.  Plus, Sr. is for males.

Sr in Prefix triggers Error 713, Suffix in Prefix.

Comments

It seems to me that putting Sister (spelled out) in the prefix should be correct. If it still generates an error then Aleš should be notified that it is a legitimate prefix.

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But you still have to deal with her Preferred Name, which is Sister + name.  I think sister in the prefix is unnecessary. Plus, it causes a lot of work to mark False Errors.

Answer 1

"Sister" is the correct name for a nun, just like "Father" or Rev. is for a priest. I would think it would be ok to just put it in the prefix with an explaination in the Biography but.... come to think of it , you need to put her real birth name in the name places so "Sister" would go like you have it... (Sister Imelda). A lot of Catholic sisters I have come across choose a name of a saint to go with their title of Sister, they don't usually use their birth first name. 

If it becomes a data base error or on the suggestions list, just mark it false error and put nun, not a sister as in sibling in the explaination spot.