Henry Purcell : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   Hammurabi
         n 1: Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and
               Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) [syn: {Hammurabi}, {Hammurapi}]

English Dictionary: Henry Purcell	by the DICT Development Group
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Hammurapi n Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) Synonym(s): Hammurabi, Hammurapi
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hemerobiid n small dark-colored lacewing fly [syn: brown lacewing, hemerobiid, hemerobiid fly]
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hemerobiid fly n small dark-colored lacewing fly [syn: brown lacewing, hemerobiid, hemerobiid fly]
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Hemerobiidae n brown lacewings [syn: Hemerobiidae, {family Hemerobiidae}]
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Henri Becquerel n French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908) Synonym(s): Becquerel, Henri Becquerel, Antoine Henri Becquerel
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Henri Bergson n French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941) Synonym(s): Bergson, Henri Bergson, Henri Louis Bergson
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Henri Pitot n French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771) Synonym(s): Pitot, Henri Pitot
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Henri van de Velde n Belgian architect (1863-1957) [syn: van de Velde, {Henri van de Velde}, Henri Clemens van de Velde]
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Henry Beauclerc n King of England from 1100 to 1135; youngest son of William the Conqueror; conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135) Synonym(s): Henry I, Henry Beauclerc
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Henry Bolingbroke n the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413) Synonym(s): Henry IV, Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke
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Henry Fielding n English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754) [syn: Fielding, Henry Fielding]
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Henry Fonda n United States film actor (1905-1982) [syn: Fonda, {Henry Fonda}]
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Henry Ford n United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947) Synonym(s): Ford, Henry Ford
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Henry Ford II n grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [syn: Ford, {Henry Ford II}]
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Henry Hobson Richardson n United States architect (1838-1886) [syn: Richardson, Henry Hobson Richardson]
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Henry Hubert Turner n United States endocrinologist (1892-1970) [syn: Turner, Henry Hubert Turner]
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Henry IV n king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France; Synonym(s): Henry IV, Henry of Navarre, Henry the Great King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106) the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413) Synonym(s): Henry IV, Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke
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Henry of Navarre n king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France; Synonym(s): Henry IV, Henry of Navarre, Henry the Great
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Henry Purcell n English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695) Synonym(s): Purcell, Henry Purcell
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Henry V n son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422; reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at Agincourt (1387-1422)
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Henry Valentine Miller n United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980) Synonym(s): Miller, Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller
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Henry VI n son of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and was King of England from 1422 to 1461; he was taken prisoner in 1460 and Edward IV was proclaimed king; he was rescued and regained the throne in 1470 but was recaptured and murdered in the Tower of London (1421-1471)
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Henry VII n King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313) first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509) Synonym(s): Henry VII, Henry Tudor
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Henry VIII n son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547)
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Henry Villard n United States railroad magnate and businessman (1835-1900) Synonym(s): Villard, Henry Villard
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honorable adj not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" Synonym(s): honest, honorable Antonym(s): dishonest, dishonorable worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" Synonym(s): honorable, honourable Antonym(s): dishonorable, dishonourable adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action" Synonym(s): ethical, honorable, honourable deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" Synonym(s): estimable, good, honorable, respectable
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honorable discharge n a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record
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honorable mention n an official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention" Synonym(s): mention, honorable mention
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honorableness n the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor Synonym(s): honorableness, honourableness Antonym(s): dishonorableness, dishonourableness
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honorably adv in an honorable manner; "he acted honorably" [syn: honorably, uprightly] Antonym(s): dishonorably with honor; "he was honorably discharged after many years of service" Synonym(s): honorably, honourably Antonym(s): dishonorably
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Honore Balzac n French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850) Synonym(s): Balzac, Honore Balzac, Honore de Balzac
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honorific adj conferring or showing honor or respect; "honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession" n an expression of respect; "the Japanese use many honorifics"
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honourable adj worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" Synonym(s): honorable, honourable Antonym(s): dishonorable, dishonourable adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action" Synonym(s): ethical, honorable, honourable
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honourableness n the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor Synonym(s): honorableness, honourableness Antonym(s): dishonorableness, dishonourableness
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honourably adv with honor; "he was honorably discharged after many years of service" Synonym(s): honorably, honourably Antonym(s): dishonorably
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Hynerpeton n earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania Synonym(s): Hynerpeton, genus Hynerpeton
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Hynerpeton bassetti n fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs; found in Pennsylvania
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hammer break \Ham"mer break\ (Elec.) An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.
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Hammerhead \Ham"mer*head`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A shark of the genus {Sphyrna} or {Zyg[91]na}, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The {Sphyrna zyg[91]na} is found in the North Atlantic. Called also {hammer fish}, and {balance fish}.
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Hammer \Ham"mer\, n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. [?] anvil, Skr. a[?]man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak. 2. Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer; as: (a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour. (b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones. (c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under {Ear}. (Gun.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming. (e) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies. He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the [bd]massive iron hammers[b8] of the whole earth. --J. H. Newman. {Atmospheric hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer in which the spring is formed by confined air. {Drop hammer}, {Face hammer}, etc. See under {Drop}, {Face}, etc. {Hammer fish}. See {Hammerhead}. {Hammer hardening}, the process of hardening metal by hammering it when cold. {Hammer shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Malleus}, a genus of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters, having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also {hammer oyster}. {To bring to the hammer}, to put up at auction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hammerhead \Ham"mer*head`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A shark of the genus {Sphyrna} or {Zyg[91]na}, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The {Sphyrna zyg[91]na} is found in the North Atlantic. Called also {hammer fish}, and {balance fish}.
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Hammer \Ham"mer\, n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. [?] anvil, Skr. a[?]man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak. 2. Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer; as: (a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour. (b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones. (c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under {Ear}. (Gun.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming. (e) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies. He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the [bd]massive iron hammers[b8] of the whole earth. --J. H. Newman. {Atmospheric hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer in which the spring is formed by confined air. {Drop hammer}, {Face hammer}, etc. See under {Drop}, {Face}, etc. {Hammer fish}. See {Hammerhead}. {Hammer hardening}, the process of hardening metal by hammering it when cold. {Hammer shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Malleus}, a genus of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters, having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also {hammer oyster}. {To bring to the hammer}, to put up at auction.
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Hammerable \Ham"merable\, a. Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer. --Sherwood.
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Hammer-beam \Ham"mer-beam`\ (-b[emac]m`), n. (Gothic Arch.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.
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Hemerobian \Hem`ero"bian\, n. [Gr. [?] day + [?] life.] (Zo[94]l.) A neuropterous insect of the genus {Hemerobius}, and allied genera.
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Hemerobid \Hemer"obid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of relating to the hemerobians.
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Honey \Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. h[86]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. [?] dust, Skr. kaa grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. The honey of his language. --Shak. 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer. Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak. Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. {Honey ant} (Zo[94]l.), a small ant ({Myrmecocystus melliger}), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. {Honey badger} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. {Honey bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kinkajou}. {Honey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus {Pernis}. The European species is {P. apivorus}; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {P. ptilorhyncha}. They feed upon honey and the larv[91] of bees. Called also {bee hawk}, {bee kite}. {Honey creeper} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}, abundant in Central and South America. {Honey easter} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[91]}, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also {honeysucker}. {Honey flower} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus {Melianthus}, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. {Honey guide} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small birds of the family {Indicatorid[91]}, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also {honeybird}, and {indicator}. {Honey harvest}, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. --Dryden. {Honey kite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Honey buzzard} (above). {Honey locust} (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. {Honey month}. Same as {Honeymoon}. {Honey weasel} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel.
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Honor \Hon"or\, n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. --Matt. xiii. 57. 2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity. If she have forgot Honor and virtue. --Shak. Godlike erect, with native honor clad. --Milton. 3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege. Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. --Wordsworth. I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. --Lovelace. 4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank. [bd]Restored me to my honors.[b8] --Shak. I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. --1 Kings iii. 13. Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. --Ps. civ. 1. 5. Fame; reputation; credit. Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation. --Bacon. If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. --Rogers. 6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors. [bd]Their funeral honors.[b8] --Dryden. 7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation. 8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under {Honorable}. 9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. --Cowell. 10. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics. 11. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. --R. A. Proctor. {Affair of honor}, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself. {Court of honor}, a court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature. {Debt of honor}, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law. {Honor bright!} An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.] {Honor court} (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory. {Honor point}. (Her.) See {Escutcheon}. {Honors of war} (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying. {Law, [or] Code}, {of honor}, certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. --Paley. {Maid of honor}, a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Honor \Hon"or\, n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. --Matt. xiii. 57. 2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity. If she have forgot Honor and virtue. --Shak. Godlike erect, with native honor clad. --Milton. 3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege. Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. --Wordsworth. I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. --Lovelace. 4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank. [bd]Restored me to my honors.[b8] --Shak. I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. --1 Kings iii. 13. Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. --Ps. civ. 1. 5. Fame; reputation; credit. Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation. --Bacon. If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. --Rogers. 6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors. [bd]Their funeral honors.[b8] --Dryden. 7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation. 8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under {Honorable}. 9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. --Cowell. 10. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics. 11. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. --R. A. Proctor. {Affair of honor}, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself. {Court of honor}, a court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature. {Debt of honor}, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law. {Honor bright!} An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.] {Honor court} (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory. {Honor point}. (Her.) See {Escutcheon}. {Honors of war} (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying. {Law, [or] Code}, {of honor}, certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. --Paley. {Maid of honor}, a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Honorable \Hon"orable\, a. [F. honorable, L. honorabilis.] 1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. --Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive. Is this proceeding just and honorable? --Shak. 4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds. Honorable wounds from battle brought. --Dryden. 5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude. Marriage is honorable in all. --Heb. xiii. 4. 6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial. 7. Of reputable association or use; respectable. Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. --Shak. 8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman. Note: Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English usage upon the younger children of earls and all the children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor, lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage, it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those who hold, or have held, any of the higher public offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or of the Senate, mayors. {Right honorable}. See under {Right}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Honorableness \Hon"orable*ness\, n. 1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Honorably \Hon"orably\, adv. 1. In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor. The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him. --Shak. Why did I not more honorably starve? --Dryden. 2. Decently; becomingly. [Obs.] [bd]Do this message honorably.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Magnanimously; generously; nobly; worthily; justly; equitably; fairly; reputably.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Honorific \Hon`or*if"ic\, a. [See {Honor}, {-fy}, and {-ic}.] Conferring honor; tending to honor. --London. Spectator.
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