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单词 honorificence
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honorificencen.

Brit. /ˌɒnəˈrɪfᵻs(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌɑnəˈrɪfəsəns/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin honorificentia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin honorificentia honour, respect, mark of respect (3rd cent.) < classical Latin honorificus honorific adj. + -entia (see -ence suffix), after e.g. magnificentia magnificence n., mūnificentia munificence n.1 Compare Middle French, French †honorificence (15th cent.; obsolete from early 17th cent.).
rare after 17th cent.
The action of honouring someone or something.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect
worthingeOE
worthminteOE
worshipOE
homagec1300
honorancec1300
honourc1300
honestyc1384
honoration1493
honorificencea1500
eminencea1616
eminency1647
rising1711
a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 79 That he be of grete hert in a good purpose and love honorificence.
1586 W. Herbert Let. True Christian Catholike xiii. 56 The most sacred seate of Peter shall bee gloriously exalted more then the Empire and earthly throne: yelding vnto it power and dignity of glory: and also vigour and honorificence imperiall.
1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie iii. iv. 238 There is Honorificentia ætatis, the honorificence of age.
1981 Public Admin. Rev. 41 309/2 People have been led to believe that the public interest can be only a vague term of rhetorical honorificence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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