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let honour stainless be: Motto of the Brisbane Boys' College (Brisbane, Australia). sit tibi terra levis: may the earth be light to you: Commonly used on gravestones, often contracted as S.T.T.L., the same way as today's R.I.P. sit venia verbo: may there be forgiveness for the word: Similar to the English idiom "pardon my French". socratici viri
Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First Nations peoples or due to a vague similarity to the original object of the word.
In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Sir, Dame, Dr, Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person's name, as in Mr President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.
Today, we honor all who served and gave their lives to protect our freedoms. 52. No words can compensate for the loss of the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives.
Namus has been translated into English from the Turkish language with different meanings. Honor is used to mean namus in the English language translation of Filiz Kardam's 2005 paper on namus cinayetleri (literally namus murders, used mainly in newspapers), but, as Nüket Kardam has written, chastity is a more accurate translation than honor.
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
The most common honorifics in modern English are usually placed immediately before a person's name. Honorifics used (both as style and as form of address) include, in the case of a man, "Mr." (irrespective of marital status), and, in the case of a woman, previously either of two depending on marital status: "Miss" if unmarried and "Mrs." if married, widowed, or divorced; more recently, a third ...
The school's “Duty, Honor, Country,” motto first made its way into that mission statement in 1998. WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — “Duty, Honor, Country” has been the motto of the U.S. Military ...