Hon`o*ra"ri*um (?), Hon"or*a*ry (?), n. [L. honorarium (sc. donum), fr. honorarius. See Honorary, a.]
1.
A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars.
S. Longfellow.
2. Law
An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.
Heumann.
© Webster 1913.
Hon"or*a*ry, a. [L. honorarius, fr. honor honor: cf. F. honoraire.]
1.
Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services.
Macaulay.
2.
Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree.
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Honorary arches."
Addison.
3.
Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
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