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Honorific   /ˌɑnərˈɪfɪk/   Listen
Honorific

adjective
1.
Conferring or showing honor or respect.






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"Honorific" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Mahratta mercenaries, to pay whom he was led to the most merciless exactions from the immediate subjects of the Empire. He easily expelled Najib (who since his elevation must be distinguished by his honorific name of Najib ud daula, "Hero of the State"): he destroyed or kept in close confinement the nobles who favoured the Emperor, and even sought to lay hands upon the heir apparent, ...
— The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan • H. G. Keene

... in a city, and a poor college, where the students all lived at home, and had nothing to do but study; and so Thyrsis missed all that beneficent illumination known as "student-life." He never hurrahed at foot-ball contests, nor did he dress himself in honorific garments, nor stupify himself at "smokers." Being democratic, and without thought of setting himself up over others, he was unaware of his greatest opportunities, and when they invited him into a fraternity, he declined. Once or twice he found himself roaming the streets at night ...
— Love's Pilgrimage • Upton Sinclair



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