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soporific [ˌsɒpəˈrıfık] ADJ

horrific [hɒˈrıfık] ADJ

I . honorary [ˈɒnərərı] ADJ

II . honorary [ˈɒnərərı] N

honourable, honorable Am [ˈɒnərəbl] ADJ

2. honourable:

▶ hono(u)rably ADV

terrific [təˈrıfık] ADJ inf

I . honour, honor Am [ˈɒnə] N

II . honour, honor Am [ˈɒnə] VB trans

orifice [ˈɒrıfıs] N

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Some districts are styled as boroughs, cities, or royal boroughs; these are purely honorific titles, and do not alter the status of the district.
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Because it is the most common honorific, it is also the most often used to convert common nouns into proper ones, as seen below.
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Most, if not all, modern states have honorific orders and decorations of some kind, and those are sometimes called orders of knighthood.
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In the case of phrasal verbs the honorific "o" appears before the entire phrase, not simply the verb, as in, from.
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This position typically came with the honorific title of "patrician".
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Its meaning has evolved in quite similar manner, to the honorific today signifying a married woman.
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It is also used as an honorific for abbots of monasteries.
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The honorific was often accorded to the untitled gentry (e.g., knights or younger sons of noblemen), priests, or other people of distinction.
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There are separate honorific pronouns used to address a priest ("ksidz"), a nun or nurse ("siostra").
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An honorific is a word or expression (often a pronoun) that conveys respect when used in addressing or referring to a person or animal.
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