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

Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.

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

A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [U.S.]

ken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.

The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel. The patriot's honors and the poet's bays. Trumbull.

Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.

A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.

Mass (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes. -- Honorary canon, a canon who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours. -- Minor canon (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend. -- Regular canon (R. C. Ch.), one…

r day, a day of great ceremony at the English court, when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders, wear the collars of those orders. -- To slip the collar, to get free; to disentangle one's self from difficulty, labor, or engagement. Spenser.

nnual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred.

mpanion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. -- Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like.

sually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.

An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.

er, an actual or voting member of a corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American Board.

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decora…

of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.

An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book "Commentaries;" to entitle a man "Honorable." That which . . . we entitle patience. Shak.

city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services.