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honorary

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hon·or·ar·y  (n-rr)
adj.
1. Held or given as a mark of honor, especially conferred as an honor without the usual adjuncts: an honorary degree.
2.
a. Holding an office or title given as an honor, without payment: an honorary colonel.
b. Voluntary: the council's honorary secretary.
3. Relying on honor and not legally enforceable, as a duty or obligation.

honorary
Adjective
a. held or given as a mark of respect, without the usual qualifications, payment, or work: an honorary degree
b. (of a secretary, treasurer, etc.) unpaid
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.honorary - given as an honor without the normal duties; "an honorary degree"
unearned - not gained by merit or labor or service; "accepted the unearned rewards that came his ways as well as the unearned criticism"; "unearned income"; "an unearned run"

honorary
adjective nominal, unofficial, titular, ex officio, honoris causa (Latin) in name or title only
Translations
Spanish honorary [ˈɔnərərɪ] adjno remunerado; [duty, title] → honorario
French honorary [ˈɔnərərɪ] adjhonoraire; [duty, title] → honorifique;
honorary degree → diplôme m honoris causa

German honorary [ˈɔnərərɪ] adjehrenamtlich;
(title, degree) → Ehren-

Italian honorary [ˈɔnərərɪ] adjonorario/a; [duty, title] → onorifico/a

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(Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Brazen Crown, Perpetual Arch-Master of the Rosicrucian Masons of Mesopotamia; Attached (in Honorary Capacities) to Societies Musical, Societies Medical, Societies Philosophical, and Societies General Benevolent, throughout Europe; etc.
--it is all that saved him from exploding--and my dreams of an Honorary Fellowship, gold medals, and a niche in the Hall of Fame faded into the thin, cold air of his arctic atmosphere.
Latin from the books of the Laws of England, which taken along with the context, means, that of all whales captured by anybody on the coast of that land, the King, as Honorary Grand Harpooneer, must have the head, and the Queen be respectfully presented with the tail.
 
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