honorific
C939
concept
An honorific is a title, word, or expression used to convey respect, deference, or social status when addressing or referring to a person.
All labels observed (78)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| honorific title | 481 |
| religious title | 161 |
| post-nominal letters | 91 |
| honorific canonical | 87 |
| honorific style | 62 |
| honorific suffix | 62 |
| honorific nickname | 47 |
| honorific epithet | 46 |
| post-nominal title | 41 |
| style of address | 28 |
| posthumous title | 18 |
| formal title | 10 |
| religious honorific title | 7 |
| Japanese honorific title | 6 |
| Latin honorific | 6 |
| honorific name | 6 |
| messianic title | 6 |
| Arabic honorific | 5 |
| post‑nominal letters | 5 |
| Arabic-language honorific | 4 |
| Christian honorific title | 4 |
| honorific abbreviation | 4 |
| Indian honorific | 3 |
| ecclesiastical honorific style | 3 |
| female honorific title | 3 |
| honorary designation | 3 |
| honorary membership category | 3 |
| honorific designation | 3 |
| honorific distinction | 3 |
| German honorific | 2 |
| German-language honorific | 2 |
| Persian honorific | 2 |
| ecclesiastical honorific | 2 |
| female honorific | 2 |
| honorific prefix | 2 |
| honorific system | 2 |
| honorificName | 2 |
| order of honour | 2 |
| political honorific | 2 |
| Buddhist honorific | 1 |
| Catholic honorific | 1 |
| Christian honorific | 1 |
| English honorific | 1 |
| Greek honorific title | 1 |
| Honorific | 1 |
| Jewish honorific | 1 |
| LinguisticHonorificSystem | 1 |
| Odia-language honorific | 1 |
| Philippine honorific post-nominal title | 1 |
| Punjabi honorific | 1 |
| Shia honorific | 1 |
| Turkish honorific | 1 |
| dignity | 1 |
| form of courtesy title | 1 |
| formal style of address | 1 |
| hereditary honorific | 1 |
| honorific epithet of God | 1 |
| honorific form of address | 1 |
| honorific given name | 1 |
| honorific political title | 1 |
| honorific term | 1 |
| honorific theological title | 1 |
| honorificTitle | 1 |
| imperial honor | 1 |
| imperial honorific practice | 1 |
| legal honorific | 1 |
| literary honorific title | 1 |
| medieval honorific style | 1 |
| noble honorific | 1 |
| official honorary title | 1 |
| polite term | 1 |
| professional honorific title | 1 |
| religious honorific name | 1 |
| reverential term | 1 |
| scholastic honorific title | 1 |
| scientific honorific title | 1 |
| term of address | 1 |
| term of respect | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: honorific
Generated description
An honorific is a title, word, or expression used to convey respect, deference, or social status when addressing or referring to a person.
Instances (1,157)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Caudillo | honorific title |
| Begum | honorific title |
| Commander of the Order of Prince Henry | honorific title |
| Queen of Heaven | Christian honorific title |
| El Libertador | honorific title |
| Hüdavendigâr | honorific title |
| Apostle to the Apostles | Christian honorific title |
| Ha-Ari | honorific title |
| O.Ont | post-nominal letters |
| Remover of Obstacles | religious title |
| Lord of Beginnings | religious title |
| Nelson of the East | honorific nickname |
| Lord of Wisdom | religious title |
| GCVO | post-nominal letters |
| DCVO | post-nominal title |
| CVO | post-nominal title |
| LVO | post-nominal letters |
| MVO | post-nominal letters |
| Her Royal Highness | — |
| Old French sire | honorific title |
| Acharya | honorific title |
| Mr. President | — |
| Rahbar | religious title |
| Aryamehr | honorific title |
| MHK | post-nominal letters |
| Queen's Counsel | — |
| GC | post-nominal letters |
| Sher-e-Punjab | honorific title |
|
the Magnificent
surface form:
The Magnificent
|
honorific epithet |
| the Lawgiver | honorific title |
| Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom | official honorary title |
| His Grace | honorific style |
| O.N.S. | honorific suffix |
| U.S. Business Hall of Fame inductee | honorific title |
| QGM | post-nominal letters |
| Thakur | honorific title |
| Grand Marshal of Ayacucho | honorific title |
| Lisān al-Ghayb | honorific epithet |
| Highness | honorific title |
| Protector of the Free Peoples | honorific title |
| Praeceptor Germaniae | honorific title |
| Fellow of the British Academy | honorific distinction |
| GCSI | post-nominal letters |
| KCSI | post-nominal title |
| CSI | post-nominal title |
| GCIE | post-nominal title |
| KCIE | post-nominal title |
| RNoM | honorific suffix |
| Potnia Theron | religious title |
| Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord | honorific title |