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honorifical

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hon⋅or⋅if⋅ic

[on-uh-rif-ik]
–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, esp. in direct address.
4. a title or term of respect.

Origin:
1640–50; < L honōrificus honor-making. See honor-, -i-, -fic


hon⋅or⋅if⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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