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She lost her honorific “Her Royal Highness” title in 2002 so as to be allowed to start her own business.

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On the Zoom screen, his name is “Director Park,” using the title as an honorific, common in Korean culture.

Howell earned a total of $7,500 for his work on the job, and the honorific of Arizona’s founding document being named “the Howell Code,” according to Wagoner’s book.

Many honorifics have been heaped on Jonas in an attempt to sum up her trailblazing legacy and elusive spirit: vanguard, mystic, stalwart, pioneer of ecological feminism, canonical video and performance artist.

Instead, all around her, she was awarded an honorific that felt more fitting for a woman in cape and crown: Your mercy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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