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Honor killing
Honor killing: murder of a woman by family members for perceived sexual or behavioral transgressions. Also honour crimes, femicide. Up to 5,000 victims yearly per UNFPA; planned family-council killings under community pressure.
Honor Levy
Honor Levy, American writer from California, Bennington College 2020, author of the Gen Z debut story collection My First Book (Penguin Press, May 14, 2024), New Yorker contributor, Dimes Square figure, Wet Brain podcast co-host.
Honor of Kings (王者荣耀)
Honor of Kings (王者荣耀), also known internationally via Arena of Valor, is Tencent TiMi's 5v5 mobile MOBA launched in China in 2015, with 100+ heroes, 100 million daily active users in 2020, and repeated top-grossing mobile game revenue.
Honor Society (film)
Honor Society is a 2022 Paramount+ teen comedy, Oran Zegman's directorial debut, written by David A. Goodman, starring Angourie Rice as an ambitious senior scheming for a Harvard recommendation who falls for rival Michael (Gaten Matarazzo).
Honor Thy Father
Honor Thy Father (2015) is a Filipino crime drama by Erik Matti, starring John Lloyd Cruz, about a couple ruined by a pyramid scheme who plot to rob their church; distinct from the 1973 Bonanno film and Talese book.
Honor Thy Mother (TV series)
Honor Thy Mother (Igalang Mo ang Iyong Ina) is a 2026 Philippine family drama-suspense series on Prime Video from GMA Network and ABS-CBN Studios, starring Sharon Cuneta and Barbie Forteza as an estranged mother and daughter, 14 episodes, aired September 11 to October 23, 2026.
Honora (album)
Honora is Flea's (Michael Balzary, Red Hot Chili Peppers) debut solo jazz album, released March 27, 2026 on Nonesuch; trumpet-led, with Thom Yorke and Nick Cave guests, six originals plus covers, No. 1 UK/French/German jazz charts.
Honorarium
An honorarium is a voluntary, typically one-time payment made as a token of appreciation for a service, such as a speech or appearance, for which no fee is legally required.
Honorary Aryan
Honorary Aryan (Ehrenarier), Nazi Germany term for Mischlinge and others not recognized as Aryan but treated as such, granted by Hitler under the 1935 Nuremberg Laws; fewer than 500 cases, including Milch, Warburg, and Maurice, plus Japanese and Finns.
Honorary consul
An honorary consul is a part-time, usually unpaid consular officer who keeps an outside profession, representing a sending state where a career consulate would be too expensive.
Honorary degree
An honorary degree, or honorary doctorate (honoris causa), is an academic degree awarded without study, typically to recognize outstanding contributions to a field or society.
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and graphic artist who became the leading political and social caricaturist of nineteenth-century France, publishing thousands of lithographs in Le Charivari.
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist born in Tours, author of La Comédie humaine, over 90 linked novels with 2,000+ recurring characters; founder of literary realism, pioneer of the serial novel, married Mme Hanska in 1850.
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791), French orator and nobleman, leading figure of the early French Revolution; Third Estate deputy for Aix-en-Provence, defender of constitutional monarchy, secretly in the pay of Louis XVI from 1790; buried in the Panthéon, remains removed in 1793.
Honoré Tournély
Honoré Tournély (1658–1729) was a French Catholic theologian, born at Antibes, who taught at the Sorbonne from 1692 to 1716, defended the bull Unigenitus, and left the Praelectiones theologicae.
Honorific
Honorifics are linguistic forms, titles, pronouns, or grammar, expressing respect or esteem, found from French vous and Japanese keigo to Chinese jingcheng; English lost thou by 1700 and now relies on titles like sir, ma'am, and Mx.
Honorific nicknames in popular music
Honorific nicknames in popular music, such as King of Pop and Queen of Soul, are metaphorical royal, religious, or familial titles given by media, labels, and fans to signal an artist's significance.
Honorific speech in Japanese
Honorific speech in Japanese (敬語, keigo) is the system of respectful forms divided traditionally into sonkeigo, kenjōgo, and teineigo, and officially into five classes by the 2007 Keigo no Shishin guidelines, with documented survey usage rates and LLM evaluation studies.
Honorifics for the dead in Judaism
Hebrew postnominal honorifics for deceased Jews: z"l (zikhrono livrakha), a"h (alav hashalom), zatzal, HY"D for martyrs, HK"M for parents; customary, graded by the deceased's standing, with English form OBM.
Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná
Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, was a Brazilian statesman who led the conciliation cabinet as president of the Council of Ministers from 1853 until his death in 1856.
Honorius
Honorius (Flavius Honorius, 384–423), western Roman emperor 395–423, son of Theodosius I; ruled from Ravenna under Stilicho and Constantius III, saw Alaric's sack of Rome in 410, issued over 450 laws, died childless.
Honorius (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Honorius, who died in 653, was the fifth Archbishop of Canterbury, a Roman monk of the Gregorian mission who received the pallium from Pope Honorius I in 634.
Honorius of Autun
Honorius of Autun, also known as Honorius Augustodunensis, was a twelfth-century theologian and encyclopedic writer active in southern Germany, best known for the Elucidarium and Imago mundi.
Honorverse
Honorverse: the shared military science-fiction universe of David Weber's Honor Harrington novels (Baen Books, from On Basilisk Station, 1992), set in the Star Kingdom of Manticore versus the Republic of Haven, with 14 main novels, spin-off series, anthologies, games, and a bestseller record.
Honos et Virtus, Aedes
Honos et Virtus, Aedes: Roman double temple outside porta Capena for Honos and Virtus, vowed by Marcellus, dedicated 205 BC by his son; also Marius' 101 BC temple.
Honour
Honour (honor) is social standing and self-worth in one's own and others' eyes, studied as a cultural logic alongside face and dignity; honor cultures emphasize reputation defense, reciprocity, and retaliation against insults.
Honour thy father and thy mother
"Honour thy father and thy mother", also called Kibbud Av v'Em, is the Fifth Commandment, appearing in Exodus 20:12 and Deuteronomy 5:16 with a promise of long life.
Honours degree
An honours degree is a bachelor's degree awarded at a defined standard with a classification reflecting performance, used mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Honours of Scotland
The Honours of Scotland are the crown jewels of Scotland, comprising a crown, sceptre, and sword of state from the 1400s and 1500s, displayed at Edinburgh Castle.
Honours of war
Honours of war: privileges granted to a capitulating force, letting a defeated garrison march out with colours flying, drums beating, and arms retained, escaping imprisonment; rooted in early modern siege capitulations and echoed in Hague 1907 Article 35.