The Honorable

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form of courtesy title honorific style of address

"The Honorable" is a formal style of address used for certain public officials and dignitaries in the United States and other countries.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The Honourable 21
The Hon. 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf form of courtesy title ⓘ
honorific ⓘ
style of address ⓘ
addressContext formal introductions ⓘ
formal written correspondence ⓘ
official documents ⓘ
appliesTo cabinet ministers ⓘ
certain senior government officials ⓘ
dignitaries ⓘ
judges ⓘ
mayors ⓘ
members of legislatures ⓘ
public officials ⓘ
category forms of address ⓘ
titles of respect ⓘ
countrySpecificUsage In the United States it is commonly used for federal and state judges ⓘ
In the United States it is commonly used for many elected officials ⓘ
In the United States it is commonly used for members of Congress ⓘ
denotes official status ⓘ
respect ⓘ
domain diplomacy ⓘ
government ⓘ
protocol ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notUsedFor informal address ⓘ
orthographyVariant The Honourable ⓘ
orthographyVariantUsedIn The spelling “The Honourable” is common in Commonwealth countries ⓘ
relatedConcept honorifics ⓘ
styles and titles in government ⓘ
shortForm Hon. ⓘ
usageNote Eligibility and rules for its use vary by country and office ⓘ
usedAs prefix to a person’s name ⓘ
usedIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

various Commonwealth countries ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ralph Gonsalves → hasHonorificPrefix → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Under Secretary of the Navy → hasStyle → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Edward David Burt → hasTitle → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Leo McGarry → hasTitle → The Honorable ⓘ
Lou Leon Guerrero → hasTitle → The Honorable ⓘ
Robert Courts → honorificPrefix → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
this entity surface form: The Hon.
William Smith O'Brien → honorificTitle → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Chief Executive → style → The Honorable ⓘ
subject surface form: Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
this entity surface form: The Honourable
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Commissioner of Nunavut → style → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Governor of California → style → The Honorable ⓘ
Governor of Illinois → style → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Premier of Nevis → style → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Premier of Victoria → style → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Presidency of the United States → style → The Honorable ⓘ
Prime Minister of Fiji → style → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
SECVA → style → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable
Speaker of the House of Keys → style → The Honorable ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate → style → The Honorable ⓘ
subject surface form: Speaker of the Senate of Canada
this entity surface form: The Honourable
this entity surface form: The Honourable
this entity surface form: The Honourable
this entity surface form: The Honourable
this entity surface form: The Honourable
this entity surface form: The Honourable
The Hon. Gerald Lascelles → title → The Honorable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Honourable