Part 5371

<hw>Hon"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>honor</ets>, <ets>honour</ets>, <ets>onour</ets>, <ets>onur</ets>, OF. <ets>honor</ets>, <ets>onor</ets>, <ets>honur</ets>, <ets>onur</ets>, <ets>honour</ets>, <ets>onour</ets>, F. <ets>honneur</ets>, fr. L. <ets>honor</ets>, <ets>honos</ets>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>honour</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.</def>

<blockquote>A prophet is not without <b>honor</b>, save in his own country. <i>Matt. xiii. 57.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.</def>

<blockquote>If she have forgot <b>Honor</b> and virtue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Godlike erect, with native <b>honor</b> clad. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege.</def>

<blockquote>Say, what is <b>honor</b>? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not <b>honor</b> more. <i>Lovelace.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank.</def> "Restored me to my <i>honors</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>I have given thee . . . both riches, and <b>honor</b>. <i>1 Kings iii. 13.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thou art clothed with <b>honor</b> and majesty. <i>Ps. civ. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Fame; reputation; credit.</def>

<blockquote>Some in theiractions do woo, and affect <b>honor</b> and reputation. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If my <b>honor</b> is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; <as>as, he wore an <ex>honor</ex> on his breast; military <ex>honors</ex>; civil <ex>honors</ex>.</as></def> "Their funeral <i>honors</i>."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; <as>as, he is an <ex>honor</ex> to his nation</as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; <as>as, His <ex>Honor</ex> the Mayor</as>. See Note under <er>Honorable</er>.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Feud. Law)</fld> <def>A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<p><b>10.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Academic or university prizes or distinctions; <as>as, <ex>honors</ex> in classics</as>.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Whist)</fld> <def>The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called <i>Dutch honors</i>.</def>

<i>R. A. Proctor.</i>

<cs><col>Affair of honor</col>, <cd>a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself.</cd> -- <col>Court of honor</col>, <cd>a court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature.</cd> -- <col>Debt of honor</col>, <cd>a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law.</cd> -- <col>Honor bright!</col> An assurance of truth or fidelity. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Honor court</col> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld>, <cd>one held in an honor or seignory.</cd> -- <col>Honor point</col>. <fld>(Her.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Escutcheon</er>.</cd> -- <col>Honors of war</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Law, &or; Code</col>, <col>of honor</col></mcol>, <cd>certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. <i>Paley</i>.</cd> -- <col>Maid of honor</col>, <cd>a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public.</cd><-- Bride's principle attendant at a wedding --> -- <col>On one's honor</col>, <cd>on the pledge of one's honor; as, the members of the House of Lords in Great Britain, are not under oath, but give their statements or verdicts <i>on their honor<i>.</cd> -- <col>Point of honor</col>, <cd>a scruple or nice distinction in matters affecting one's honor; as, he raised a <i>point of honor<i>.</cd> -- <col>To do the honors</col>, <cd>to bestow honor, as on a guest; to act as host or hostess at an entertainment. "To <i>do the honors<i> and to give the word." <i>Pope</i>.</cd> -- <col>To do one honor</col>, <cd>to confer distinction upon one.</cd> -- <col>To have the honor</col>, <cd>to have the privilege or distinction.</cd> -- <col>Word of honor</col>, <cd>an engagement confirmed by a pledge of honor.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Hon"or</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Honored</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Honoring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>honouren</ets>, <ets>onouren</ets>, OF. <ets>honorer</ets>, <ets>honourer</ets>, F. <ets>honorer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>honorare</ets>, fr. <ets>honor</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.</def>

<blockquote><b>Honor</b> thy father and thy mother. <i>Ex. xx. 12.</i></blockquote>