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excellent order

noun as in apple-pie order

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She becomes the head of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, set up in 1917 to honour a broader cross-section of civilian and military recipients.

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Davina McCall, host of many staple reality programs on British television over the past couple of decades, including “Big Brother,” becomes a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, or MBE.

John Lennon returned his Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire honor in 1969 in protest of “Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts.”

So much so that even 32-year-old Henderson, who has won club soccer’s biggest prizes with Liverpool and was awarded an MBE - Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire - by the late Queen Elizabeth II, is in awe of his talent.

So much so that even 32-year-old Henderson, who has won club soccer’s biggest prizes with Liverpool and was awarded an MBE — Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire — by the late Queen Elizabeth II, is in awe of his talent.

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

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