Honor
The honor (Latin honor , divinity) seems to be in the beginning a concept social, patrimonial and moral positive, which is declined today in the following way:
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granted Well by a Suzerain to his men , it is the ancestor of the stronghold. The term remains of use for the England where William the Conqueror had taken care not to let be established principalities. One of most important, the Honneur of Richemont will pass to the ducal family of Brittany putting the Breton dukes in a difficult situation at the time of the Guerre One hundred Year old.
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Acts of Distinction : (to return the honors to…) the military honors , Lady-in-waiting ; the Diploma S or Price of honor ; the medals of honor and the decoration of the Legion of honor ; decreed titles Honoris Causa or on a purely honorary basis .
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Dignity , pride, honesty, ethics of an individual, or a group: a declaration on the honor ; to engage its honor or that of the group to which one belongs (honor of an officer or Army); national honor ; to fall to the field from honor ; " fors the honneur" (François Ier); to put a point of honor at …
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Virtue of a woman in connection with her manners, the loss of its virginity or the relations apart from the marriage: to charm its honor means to violate it; to return the honor to a woman means to marry it to repair offense;
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Complimentary closes more or less agreed and solemn: I have the honor of… , To make honor with… , Your honor (when one addresses to a Anglo-Saxon judge);
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Certain figures of Charts to play , highest, with certain plays ( the honors with the Bridge)
See too
The toughening of the direction of the honor brings the individual feeling Revanchard, according to the perception of the historical circumstances.
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