honorific
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əˈrɪf adjective
1.
Also, hon·or·if·i·cal. doing or conferring honor.
2.
conveying honor, as a title or a grammatical form used in speaking to or about a superior, elder, etc.
noun
3.
(in certain languages, as Chinese and Japanese) a class of forms used to show respect, especially in direct address.
4.
a title or term of respect.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | showing or conferring honour or respect |
| 2. | a. (of a pronoun, verb inflection, etc) indicating the speaker's respect for the addressee or his acknowledgment of inferior status |
| b. (as noun): a Japanese honorific | |
| honor'ifically | |
| —adv | |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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honorific
a grammatical form used in speaking to a social superior. In English it has largely disappeared, retained only in the use of the third person when speaking to someone clearly superior in rank ("Does your highness wish it?"). In other Indo-European languages it has a vestigial form in the degree of formality attached to the use of second-person pronouns: e.g., in German Sie ("you") rather than the familiar du ("you," or "thou").
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Example sentences
The common honorific for all university faculty members.
When asked politely, she'd explain that it was an honorific for one who protects the group.
In some cases an honorific or a patronymic name may be used.
As more nurses, pharmacists and physical therapists claim this honorific, physicians are fighting back.
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