honorific [
,ɒnә'rifik]
honorific[ noun ]- an expression of respect
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the Japanese use many honorifics
[ adj ]- conferring or showing honor or respect
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honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession
Honorific \Hon`or*if"ic\, a. [See {Honor}, {-fy}, and {-ic}.]
Conferring honor; tending to honor. --London Spectator.
- Mr. Brink called that title "an honorific" that carries no actual duties.
- The official museum guide was strongly pro-Stalin and in translating her honorific references to him, our regular guide toned down her rhetoric.
- One of his leading acolytes is the popular singer Emmylou Harris, who currently holds the honorific title of CMF president.
- The Burmese-language broadcast was monitored in Bangkok and translated by The Associated Press. "U" is an honorific in the Burmese language.
- "Osho is very much here," said follower Ma Yoga, using an honorific name that Rajneesh called himself in recent years.