honoris causa

How to use honoris causa in a sentence

• In 1849 the University of Dublin conferred upon him the degree of M.D., honoris causa.

  Makers of Modern Medicine | James J. Walsh

• Sic in favore magni honoris injustitia quaedam a legibus venit, dum alienis excubiis praeponitur, qui alibi militasse declaratur.'

  The Letters of Cassiodorus | Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)

• Wherein the remedy is, that a man should have, as Consalvo was wont to say, telam honoris crassiorem.

  Essays | Francis Bacon

• He always evaded the question himself, saying that it was given him by a Western university causa honoris.

  Hector's Inheritance | Horatio Alger

• The university which can claim him on its list of sons, whether in regular course or honoris causa, may be proud.

  Up From Slavery: An Autobiography | Booker T. Washington