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‖ honoris causa|ɒˈnɔərɪs ˈkɔːzeɪ, ˈkaʊzɑː|
[L.: lit., for the sake of honour.]
In order to honour or out of respect for a person mentioned; now used chiefly as a description of such university degrees as are conferred upon persons in recognition of certain distinctions or achievements without the customary academic examination or thesis.
1611Coryat Crudities 240, I wil once more speake of our most worthy Ambassadour Sr Henry Wotton, honoris causâ. 1626–7in T. Birch Crt. & Times Chas. I (1848) I. 193 His colleagues shall be the Earl of Salisbury, honoris causâ, and Sir Richard Western. 1882Standard 19 Dec. 2 (Stanford), Receiving the degree of D.D., honoris causa, from the late Dr. Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1857. 1935Discovery Nov. 325/2 Uvarov was honoured by the University of Madrid with the degree of Doctor honoris causa. 1955Times 26 May 12/5 He was instructor to the Oxford University Air Squadron and was given the degree of M.A. honoris causa at the end of his term of duty. 1963[see academician 1]. |