Definition of "honorific" []

• Conferring or showing respect or honor. (adjective)
• A title, phrase, or grammatical form conveying respect, used especially when addressing a social superior. (noun)

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• "I'm all for hanging Bush by his toenails (figuratively of course) but for a member of Congress to explicitly elide the honorific is a breach of decorum."
• "The installation of so-called honorific seats, places reserved especially for the highest elite, were a common feature in theaters."
• "Quoting sources in North Korea, the exile radio station said North Koreans now call leader Kim Jong-il simply by his name without using any honorific, which is unprecedented in the North."