See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

HONOUR (See also:

• LAT

Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in See also:

• ENGLISH

English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but during the 18th century it became See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson's and See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster's Dictionaries stereoty  ped the See also:

• ENGLISH

English and See also:

• AMERICAN

American spellings respectively), a See also:

• TERM

term which may be defined as respect, esteem or deference paid to, or received by, a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person in See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth or position; also the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state or See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the person exciting the feeling or expression of such esteem; particularly a high See also:

• PERSONAL

personal character coupled with conduct in accordance with or controlled by a See also:

• NICE

nice sense of what is right and true and due to the position so held . Further, the word is commonly used of the dignities, distinctions or titles, granted as a See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of such esteem or as a See also:

• REWARD

reward for services or merit, and quite generally of the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit or renown conferred by a person or thing on the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, See also:

• TOWN

town or particular society to which he or it belongs . The See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of conduct may be laid down not only by a scrupulous sense of what is due to lofty personal character but also by the conventional usages of society, hence it is that debts which cannot be legally enforced, such as gambling debts, are called " debts of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour." Similarly in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages and later, courts, known as " courts of honour," sat to decide questions such as See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence, disputes as to coat See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour &c . (see See also:

• CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

CHIVALRY) ; such courts, chiefly military, are found in countries where duelling has not fallen into desuetude (see Dt..EL) . In the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Lords, when the peers sit to try another peer on a criminal See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge or at an See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment, on the question being put whether the accused be guilty or not, each peer, rising in his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in turn, See also:

• LAYS

lays his right See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand on his See also:

• BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)

breast and returns his See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict " upon my honour." As a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of address, " his honour " or " your honour " is applied in the See also:

• UNITED

United States of See also:

• AMERICA

America to all See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, in the United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom only to See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court judges: In university or other See also:

• EXAMINATIONS

examinations, those who have won particular distinction, or have under-gone with success an examination of a standard higher than that required for a " pass " degree, are said to have passed " with honours," or an " honours " examination or to have taken an " honours degree." In many See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games of See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards the See also:

• ACE (derived through the Lat. as, from the Tarentine form of the Gr. etc)

ace, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen and See also:

• KNAVE (O.E. cnafa, cognate with Ger. Knabe, boy)

knave of trumps are the " honours . " Funeral or military honours are paid to a dead officer or soldier . The usual features of such a See also:

• BURIAL

burial are as follows: the See also:

• COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

coffin is carried on a See also:

• GUN

gun-See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage and attended by troops; it is covered by the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag, on which rests the soldier's See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword or See also:

• BAYONET

bayonet; if the deceased had been a mounted soldier, his charger follows with the boots reversed in the stirrups; three volleys are fired over the See also:

• GRAVE

grave after committal, and " last See also:

• POST

post " or another See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call is sounded on the bugles or a See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll on the drums is given . A military force is said to be accorded " the honours of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war " when, after a specially See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence, it has surrendered its post, and is permitted by the terms of See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation to See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march out with See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours flying, bands playing, bayonets fixed, &c. and retaining See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery, horses, arms and baggage . The force remains See also:

• FREE

free to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as combatants for the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the war, without waiting for See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange or being considered as prisoners . Usually some point is named to which the surrendering troops must be conveyed before recommencing hostilities; thus, during the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular War, at the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention of See also:

• CINTRA

Cintra 1808, the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army under See also:

• JUNOT, A
• JUNOT, ANDOCHE, DUKE
• JUNOT, LAURE, DUCHESS OF ABRANTES (1783-1834)

Junot was conveyed to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France by British transports before being free to rejoin the combatant troops in the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula . By far the most usual See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the granting of the " honours of war " is in connexion with the surrender of a fortress . Of historic examples may be mentioned the surrender of See also:

• LILLE

Lille by See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal See also:

• BOUFFLERS, LOUIS FRANCCOIS
• BOUFFLERS, STANISLAS JEAN, CHEVALIER DE (1737-1815)

Boufflers to See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene in 1708, that of See also:

• HUNINGEN

Huningen by See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Barbanegre (1772–1830) to the Austrians in 1815, and that of See also:

• BELFORT
• BELFORT, TERRITOIRE
• BELFORT, TERRITORY OF

Belfort by See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel P .

Denfert Rochereau to the Germans in 1871 . In English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law the term " honour " is used of a seigniory of several manors held under one See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron or See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• PARAMOUNT (Anglo-Fr. paramont, up above, par el mont, up or on top of the mountain)

paramount . The formation of such lordships See also:

• DATES

dates back to the Anglo-Saxon See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, when See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of See also:

• SAC

sac and See also:

• SOC

soc was frequently given in the case of a See also:

• GROUP

group of estates lying See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close together . The See also:

• SYSTEM

system was encouraged by the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman lords, as tending to strengthen the principles of feudal law, but the legislation of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II., which increased the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the central ad-ministration, undoubtedly tended to discourage the creation of new honours . Frequently, they escheated to the See also:

• CROWN

crown, retaining their corporate existence and their jurisdictions; they then either remained in the possession of the king or were regranted, diminished in extent .