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honorarium|hɒn-, ɒnəˈrɛərɪəm| Pl. -ums, -a. [Late L. honōrārium gift made on being admitted to a post of honour, douceur, fee, neut. sing. of honōrārius honorary. In F. honoraire.] An honorary reward; a fee for services rendered, esp. by a professional person.
1658Evelyn Corr. 8 Nov., What equipage and honorarium my Lord dos allow? 1669Boston Rec. (1881) VII. 151 The said John Woodmansey doth hereby binde and engage himself..to pay..one pepper corne..for ever as an honorarium to the towne of Bostone. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Honourary, Honorarium, is also used substantively, for a lawyers fee; or a salary given to public professors of any art or science. 1852W. Jerdan Autobiog. II. xi. 122, I am afraid..the architect of the monument..never received the proposed honorarium. 1895W. Munk Sir H. Halford 42 The emoluments and honoraria of physicians. |