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honorial, a.|ɒˈnɔərɪəl| [f. honour, honor n. + -ial.] Of or relating to titles of honour, or persons of title or rank; of or pertaining to an honour (sense 7).
1810Evans & Britton in J. Britton Beauties Eng. Wales XI. Norfolk 53 (heading) Civil, political, and honorial history. 1828T. Allen Hist. County York I. ii. vi. 327 (heading) Ecclesiastical and civil government, honorial history. 1943F. M. Stenton Anglo-Saxon Eng. xvii. 628 On every great honour..there appear tenants holding considerable estates... The honorial barons, as tenants of this class may conveniently be called, have received less attention..than is their due. Ibid., In the honorial court..the lord's baronial tenants played a leading part. 1962H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. viii. 329 Honorial courts dealt primarily with military feudal questions. |