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honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The installation of so-called honorific seats, places reserved especially for the highest elite, were a common feature in theaters. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Odeion Report 3] Reference
Rider Haggard, the full "honorific"/name for the title character. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-10] Reference
She didn't earn but squandered the honor of being an "honorific" Senator. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Spokesperson Rules Out Pursuit Of Obama's Pledged Delegates] Reference
It is usually accomplished by means of the titles, "honorific" particles, and honorific verbs and nouns. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
Walls chose to ignore the absence of an honorific. From Wordnik.com. [Two in Time]
Why then insist on the honorific title of "Doctor"?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
They might allow him "marksman," a lesser honorific. From Wordnik.com. [Sniper in Afghan Town] Reference
Rad, Borden assumed from Koo's quick smile, was an honorific. From Wordnik.com. [Borden, Dream on Lord of the Pies.] Reference
And it doesn't have to be - you don't have to put the honorific in. From Wordnik.com. [Please Don't Call Me 'Ma'am'] Reference
Dhuri is an honorific abbreviation from Dhuriya as Bani from Bania. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
It is a honorific form of address, not the symbol for devoted love. From Wordnik.com. [New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments] Reference
"It's just Nuella," she replied, shaking her head at the honorific. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Kin]
The honorific Philip was not used on the Companions 'side of the river. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
I'd far rather an honorific-free one-sentence email than no reply at all. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Schwartz: The Rudeness of Ignoring Email] Reference
Mexicans the honorific title of an aboriginal "cultus-hero," -- is that of. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
Yet as power shifted to Constantinople, that honorific fell under dispute. From Wordnik.com. [The Orthodox View] Reference
The diplomas now issued to students in Law and Medicine are only honorific. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
There's an honorific for Gonzales one doesn't see much these days. oldtimer. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Being an elector is usually an empty honorific -- but wouldn't be, this time. From Wordnik.com. [Perot's Patriot Games] Reference
He used the name without honorific, as a freeman of Macedon could do to kings. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
She got a nickname from them, too — the churchy Southern honorific of "Miz Mary.". From Wordnik.com. [A Long Wait for a Long Drive] Reference
Style doesn't await you every morning, finished, stamped with your name and honorific. From Wordnik.com. [Anis Shivani: Voice in Fiction: A Favorite MFA/Writing Program Shibboleth] Reference
Mistri, a corruption of the English Mister, is an honorific title for master carpenters. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Mr. Nogelmeier's late hula teacher gave him the honorific name "Puakea," or "fair child.". From Wordnik.com. [How to Pronounce Lili'uokalani? Ask Marvin Nogelmeier] Reference
He addresses strangers by last name and an honorific, even when prodded to drop the formality. From Wordnik.com. [Forgotten Heroes] Reference
He is involved in numerous honorific educational associations and public service organizations. From Wordnik.com. [Intergovernmental Affairs Commission] Reference
His work was at Atlanta University but he was held that as a kind of part-time, honorific thing. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Harold Fleming, January 24, 1990. Interview A-0363. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
If I forgot the honorific, I could count on someone, often the person I was addressing, saying: Yes, what?. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: Coming Out At Work And Being Called Ma'am] Reference
Among the Gonds Bhoi is considered as an honorific name or title; and this indicates that a large number of. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Warthi is the Maratha name for the caste, and Bareth or Baretha is an honorific or complimentary term of address. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
In his capacity of waterman the title Baraua is used to him as an honorific method of address; and to his wife Baroni. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Which -- my other guest is nodding his head and saying that's probably a better honorific than any old general title, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2002] Reference
But he is commonly addressed by his own name, followed by the honorific termination Rao for Raja, a king, or Pant for Pandit, a wise man. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
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