| 单词 | honour society |
| 释义 | > as lemmashonour society honour society n. U.S. (a) a society promoting honourable or respectable behaviour (cf. sense 2a) (rare); (b) an organization of individuals recognized for excellence within a particular field, esp. one for high-school or college students of high academic achievement. ΚΠ 1873 Guardian (Philadelphia) Feb. 68 A public meeting was lately held..to prevent this vice [sc. profanity]... ‘Honor societies’ have been formed in the Sunday schools, tracts are circulated.., and other measures are taken to promote thorough reform. 1886 Kappa Alpha Jrnl. Apr. 6 The other clubs are the O. K., a secret literary organization, the Signet, also literary, and the honor society, — — —. 1912 Michigan Alumnus June 446/1 The Barristers, the honor society of the Law Department, initiated twelve members of the Law class of 1913 into the society. 1978 J. F. Ohles Biogr. Dict. Amer. Educators I. 383 She [sc. E. V. Dobbs] was credited with founding Pi Lambda Theta, an honor society for women in 1911. 2008 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Feb. (Metro section) b7 He also was a member of..the Order of the Arrow, the Boy Scouts honor society. < as lemmas |
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