Hŏn'or-ā'ri-ŭm or Hŏn'or-a-ry, n.

noun

n. [Lat. honorarium (sc. donum), from honorarius, Fr. honoraire, It. onorario. See infra.] The recompense offered to professors in universities, and to medical or other professional gentlemen, for their services; a fee. [Europe.]

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Hŏn'or-a-ry, a.p. 636adjectiveConferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor; as, an honorary degree; an honorary crown. 2. Possessing a title or place without performing services or receiving a reward; as, an honorary…