styleguide

books of the Bible

book titles

Book of Common Prayer, the

board / board of directors / board of trustees

Lowercase unless part of a proper name. The board of directors opted to hold its annual meeting online. The Alpine University Board of Trustees welcomed a new chief executive officer on […]

Black Lives Matter

See race-related and ethnic references

Black (adj.)

Capitalize in racial, ethnic, or cultural references and use as an adjective: Black people, Black colleges, Black literature. Do not use Black as a singular or plural noun. See also race-related and ethnic […]

bishop

Capitalize when part of a proper name, but lowercase in all other uses. Bishop John Smith presided over the service. An alternative title when referencing a U.S. bishop is the Rt. Rev.: […]

bimonthly

No hyphen. Means every other month. Semimonthly means twice a month. (Same with biweekly and semiweekly)

biblical citations

biblical

Lowercase in all uses