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adjective

Honorary adj.

Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services.

Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. "Honorary arches."

Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.

noun

Honorary, Honorarium n.

A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars.

(Law) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.

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Etymology of 'Honorary'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Honorary" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the honor of being President of the Museum of his county town—in which there is an admirable portrait of him—Mr. Kirby was Honorary President of the Entomological Society of London, Fellow of the Royal, Linnaean, Geological, and Zoological Societies of the same city, and corresponding member ...

— The International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 7 - Of Literature, Art, and Science, August 12, 1850 • Various

... shall pay two dollars annually. Contributing members shall pay ten dollars annually. Life members shall make one payment of fifty dollars and shall be exempt from further dues and shall be entitled to the same benefits as annual members. Honorary members shall be exempt from dues. "Perpetual" membership is eligible to any one who leaves at least five hundred dollars to the Association and such membership on payment of said sum to the Association shall entitle the name of the deceased to be forever enrolled in ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report • Various

... himself liked it almost appears as though the leading industry in that city was the issuing of two-weeks' invitation-cards to clubs. Archie since his arrival had been showered with these pleasant evidences of his popularity; and he was now an honorary member of so many clubs of various kinds that he had not time to go to them all. There were the fashionable clubs along Fifth Avenue to which his friend Reggie van Tuyl, son of his Florida hostess, had introduced him. There were the businessmen's clubs of which he ...

— Indiscretions of Archie • P. G. Wodehouse

... San Marino does not have an embassy in the US honorary consulate(s) general: Washington, DC, and ...

— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... Algrieve has battled with life manfully.' At this point he put out his clenched fist in defiance of his fancied enemy.' But I have been compelled to yield to the force of circumstances—not, however, till I had taken my chance in nearly every department of honorary endeavor, and experienced the most wretched success. The world has pronounced its ban upon me, and I must bow submissively to its cruel imposition. I tried to serve my country in the capacity of a public official, but my services and talents ...

— Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

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