court of honor

court of honor

noun
1.
a body, especially a military one, convened to hear complaints relating to personal honor.
2.
Philately. a noncompetitive exhibit of outstanding stamps forming part of a large exhibition.

Origin:
1680–90

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Court of honor is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Court of Honor

noun
1.
the planning body of a girl-scout troop, composed of patrol leaders, the troop scribe, the troop treasurer, and the adult troop leader.
2.
a body of officials of a boy-scout organization that awards honor medals and certificates of promotion to members.
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