0 a group of people, usually soldiers, who are arranged in a row at a special occasion such as a marriage ceremony or an official visit, to honor someone very important --
Jacob was also invested with princely splendors; eighteen pages in gold-brocaded garments formed his guard of honor, and a state carriage was always at his disposal.
Officers in guards of honor carried sabers.
Red was the color worn by the royal guards of honor, and the color of the carriages of the imperial family.
A guard of honor accompanied the remains.
A guard of honor was part of the cortege.
In the synagogue, where the windows are distributed in the same way, the tribes form a symbolic guard of honor around the tabernacle.
There was a guard of honor of thousands of people accompanying us along the way....
Its duties were guard duty, guard of honor, honor parade, and implementation of the military ceremony.
