Definition of Honorary

Honorary

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

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

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.

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

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Honorary Quotations

I have actually five honorary degrees.
Katherine Dunham

The president of the United States and his secretary of state were made honorary Hebrews.
Julius Streicher

I am very excited to accept the role of Honorary Patron with Hope Air because of the national scope of the organization and the very real impact they have on Canadians who need to travel to healthcare.
Rick Mercer

I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.
Iris Chang

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.
Neil Simon

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.
Karel Capek

Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.
Ronnie Hawkins

It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.
Leon Askin

I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.
Jack L. Chalker

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.
Melvin Maddocks

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Honorary Translations

honorary in Dutch is ere-, weledel, weledelgeboren
honorary in German is ehrenamtlich
honorary in Spanish is honorario
honorary in Swedish is heders-

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