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honorific Definition

hon·or·ific (än′ə rifik)

adjective

conferring honor; showing respect an honorific title or word

Etymology: L honorificus < honor + facere, to make: see do

noun

an honorific title or word

honorific Related Forms

hon′or·ifi·cally adverb

honorific Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • title: The title of Caliph came to be added to the many honorific titles attached to the Ottoman Sultan.
  • language: Today too, women often use honorific language to show they are well educated and come from a high social class.
  • inscription: Relevant texts in translation are used to supplement the material remains, and there is a workshop on reading Latin honorific inscriptions.
  • decree: This fragment of an honorific decree for a civic benefactor may be related to Iscrizioni di Cos ED 201.
  • expression: Second, in Chinese linguistic politeness honorific expressions have fundamental role ( cf.
  • order: What they did do, was to render the Russian Order of St John to be an honorific Order.

Modifying Another Word

purely: VI; the town was said to have a mayor, a purely honorific office, in the early 18th cent, ; Bodl.

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