military honours Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌmɪl.ɪ.tər.i ˈɒn.əz]
  • Us [ ˌmɪl.ɪ.ter.i ˈɑː.nɚz]

Meaning of military honours In English

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Examples of military honours

  • These men will, of course, be buried with full military honours.

  • That man was not worthy of the military honours we gave him.

  • Our information is that full military honours are generally accorded.

  • I wish to give him a proper funeral, but he had no right to military honours.

  • But when such accusations can arise so readily in regard to military honours it is useless to hope that the donors of political honours will escape from such charges.

  • These usually involve military honours, standing up, removing headwear, etc.

  • Roman military honours were not awarded posthumously, but those won during a soldier's lifetime were often proudly shown on his sarcophagus or cenotaph.

  • Manstein was buried with full state and military honours in 1973, despite being a convicted war criminal.

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