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Honorable

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A title of courtesy given in England to the younger children of earls, and the children of viscounts and barons; and, collectively, to the house of commons. In America, the word is used as a title of courtesy for various classes of officials, but without any clear llnes of distinction.