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honorific

/on-uh-rif-ik/US // ˌɒn əˈrɪf ɪk //UK // (ˌɒnəˈrɪfɪk) //

尊称,尊贵的,尊贵,尊号

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also hon·or·if·i·cal. doing or conferring honor.
    • : conveying honor, as a title or a grammatical form used in speaking to or about a superior, elder, etc.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a class of forms used to show respect, especially in direct address.
    • : a title or term of respect.

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Examples

  • The meaning of this title may have been honorific, but it is also striking.

  • She does not carry the honorific title HRH as she is descended through the female line.

  • Ab eo igitur tpore Patres nostros perhumaniter habuit, atque honorific in omnibus, mensque benign accepit.

  • "Yes, Sir William—Mr. Fred," the man replied, evidently somewhat doubtful as to whether he was right in using the honorific.

  • Abstention from labour is not only a honorific or meritorious act, but it presently comes to be a requisite of decency.

  • They are unprofitable servants, and there is an honorific implication for their master in their remaining unprofitable.

  • In order to completeness and full acceptability to the consumer it must also show the honorific element.