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Is the title ～[殿]{どの} used in modern day Japanese? If so, which people can you
use it with? I've only really seen it come across in referring to
[大]{だい}[名]{みょう} (feudal lords). Also it is applicable to use as a translation
of "sir" of people who have been knighted by the queen of England?
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Is the title ～[殿]{どの} used in modern day japanese?
You may use it in emails, especially when you contact another company or
another department which you have never contacted before.

> 関係者各位殿 To whom it may concerned
>
> 〇〇社〇〇殿 To (someone) in company
>
> (部署名)殿 To (Department name)

**Note** : I personally don't use it, because I feel that it's extreme polite,
but when I searched mailing list in my company, I got around 400 hits for
around a year, so indeed some people use it.
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I am not sure whether it counts as your expected answer, but you have titles
with 殿 used in monarchies or for aristocrats: エリザベス・オブ・ヨーク王女殿下（Her Royal
Highness Princess Elizabeth of York）. You will have to check for yourself for
how to express each title, but it seems to be limited to the "highness"
derivatives.

Then, as a polite name suffix the Japanese Wikipedia page also states that it
is seldom used in spoken Japanese, and mostly used in letters and documents.
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