Right HonourableRight Honorableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌrʌɪt ˈɒn(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˌraɪd ˈɑnər(ə)bəl/,

/ˌraɪd ˈɑnrəbəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adv., honourable adj.

Etymology: < right adv. + honourable adj.

A. adj. Used as an official or courtesy title or form of address. Chiefly with the.

1. Applied to a peer below the rank of marquess, or (occasionally) the sons and daughters of a peer holding a courtesy title. Cf. honourable adj. 5a.See Whitaker's Peerage (1940) 26.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [adjective] > specific epithets for persons of rank

goodOE

worshipful1398

the Greata1413

the Grand1426

honourablea1440

Right Honourable?1449

granda1460

Hon'ble?1541

Hon.1587

Right Hon.1587

Rt. Hon.1660

magnificent1717

?1449 W. Tailboys in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 73 To my right honorabull and right wurshipful lord, my lord Viscont Beaumont.

1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) Ded. To the Right Honorable Henrie Wriothesly, Earle of Southampton, and Baron of Titchfield.

1646 Earl of Musgrave Instrument to Parl. in S. D'Ewes Jrnls. Parl. Queen Elizabeth (1682) 7/2 The Right Honourable William Viscount..my lawful Actor, and Procurator.

1674 Philos. Trans. 1673 (Royal Soc.) 8 Ded. To the Right Honourable Richard Lord Vice-Count Ranalaugh.

1743 T. Cooke (title) An epistle to the Right Honourable the Countess of Shaftesbury.

1774 T. Jefferson Rights of Brit. Amer. in Writings (1984) 122 Carolina was in the year 1663 granted by letters patent of majesty, king Charles II. in the 15th year of his reign, in propriety, unto the right honourable Edward earl of Clarendon.

1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 38 The..burthen of patronage, which, by Right Honourable persons in your Lordship's..station, has always been felt to gravitate with so severe a pressure.

1959 Kenya Gaz. 20 Jan. 77/2 The Right Honourable Maurice Baron Egerton of Tatton, deceased.

1979 H. Hood Reservoir Ravine iii. 47 The Right Honourable, the Earl Balfour, KG, PC, was a Cambridge man, as it happens.

2006 S. Day Bad Boys Ahoy! vi. 83 ‘The Right Honourable Earl of Merrick,’ the majordomo intoned in his booming voice.

2. Applied to a Privy Counsellor (privy counsellor n. 2a), and various other officials, such as the Lord Mayors of London, York, and Belfast, the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Prime Ministers of certain Commonwealth countries.

ΚΠ

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xlvi^v/1 To the right honorable lorde the mair and the right wurshipfull souerayns the aldirmen of the cite of london.

1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. B2 Thys swelling and sawcie humour..against her Maiesties right honourable priuie Counsell.

1601 R. Parsons (title) An Apologetical Epistle: directed to the right honourable Lords..of her Maiesties Privie Counsell.

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxi. (heading) in Wks. (1640) III To the Right Honourable, the Lord high Treasurer of England. An Epistle Mendicant.

1670 J. Evelyn Silva xiv. 69 The Right Honourable the White-stave Officers of His Majesties Imperial Court.

1727 W. Mather Young Man's Compan. (ed. 13) 105 Nor has the Lord Mayor of London, during his Mayorality, a less Title than Right Honourable.

1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk V. 48 The right honourable sir Edward Walpole..Knight of the Bath, clerk of the pells, and master of the office of pleas.

1827 G. Canning Speech 6 Mar. (1828) VI. 155 I assure my right honourable friend..that I am perfectly ready to vote for securities; but I am not to be set down as a security-grinder.

1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn (1900) 80/2 His Majesty's right honourable ministers in the ante-room, drinking dry Sillery in honour of the event.

1887 Times 22 Apr. 7/6 He established rolling annuities which do credit to the ingenuity of the right honourable gentleman.

1925 Financial Times 5 Dec. 9/7 The bonds of the National Packing House company, in regard to which my right honourable friend has already replied to the honourable member.

1972 Ebony Oct. 26/4 The Right Honorable Dr. Eric Williams, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago,..is a graduate of Oxford College and Harvard University.

2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty xii. 175 He was appointed the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.

B. n.

colloquial. A person entitled to be addressed as ‘the Right Honourable’.

ΚΠ

1603 T. Powell Welch Bayte to Spare Prouender sig. C3^v A right Honourable, whose chance it being to ouertake me vpon my way, bespake me for one of his followers.

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love i. i. 13 Tat. Won't a Baronet's Lady pass? Scan. No, nothing under a Right Honourable.

1769 Fox Unkennelled 8 He has..a great many right honourables to keep him in countenance.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. vii. 218 Talk plain truth, and leave Bunkum for right honourables who keep their places thereby.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 888/4 To pose in public..in the traditional Tuxedo, with the ribbon of the Garter pinned across his bosom as a Right Honourable.

1997 Times 29 July 13/5 In the lists of Lords, a few Ladies, knights and Right Honourables, one sees the quintessence of the new and old Establishments.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	right honourable
释义	Right HonourableRight Honorableadj.n. Brit. /ˌrʌɪt ˈɒn(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˌraɪd ˈɑnər(ə)bəl/, /ˌraɪd ˈɑnrəbəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adv., honourable adj. Etymology: < right adv. + honourable adj. A. adj. Used as an official or courtesy title or form of address. Chiefly with the. 1. Applied to a peer below the rank of marquess, or (occasionally) the sons and daughters of a peer holding a courtesy title. Cf. honourable adj. 5a.See Whitaker's Peerage (1940) 26. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [adjective] > specific epithets for persons of rank goodOE worshipful1398 the Greata1413 the Grand1426 honourablea1440 Right Honourable?1449 granda1460 Hon'ble?1541 Hon.1587 Right Hon.1587 Rt. Hon.1660 magnificent1717 ?1449 W. Tailboys in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 73 To my right honorabull and right wurshipful lord, my lord Viscont Beaumont. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) Ded. To the Right Honorable Henrie Wriothesly, Earle of Southampton, and Baron of Titchfield. 1646 Earl of Musgrave Instrument to Parl. in S. D'Ewes Jrnls. Parl. Queen Elizabeth (1682) 7/2 The Right Honourable William Viscount..my lawful Actor, and Procurator. 1674 Philos. Trans. 1673 (Royal Soc.) 8 Ded. To the Right Honourable Richard Lord Vice-Count Ranalaugh. 1743 T. Cooke (title) An epistle to the Right Honourable the Countess of Shaftesbury. 1774 T. Jefferson Rights of Brit. Amer. in Writings (1984) 122 Carolina was in the year 1663 granted by letters patent of majesty, king Charles II. in the 15th year of his reign, in propriety, unto the right honourable Edward earl of Clarendon. 1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 38 The..burthen of patronage, which, by Right Honourable persons in your Lordship's..station, has always been felt to gravitate with so severe a pressure. 1959 Kenya Gaz. 20 Jan. 77/2 The Right Honourable Maurice Baron Egerton of Tatton, deceased. 1979 H. Hood Reservoir Ravine iii. 47 The Right Honourable, the Earl Balfour, KG, PC, was a Cambridge man, as it happens. 2006 S. Day Bad Boys Ahoy! vi. 83 ‘The Right Honourable Earl of Merrick,’ the majordomo intoned in his booming voice. 2. Applied to a Privy Counsellor (privy counsellor n. 2a), and various other officials, such as the Lord Mayors of London, York, and Belfast, the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Prime Ministers of certain Commonwealth countries. ΚΠ c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xlvi^v/1 To the right honorable lorde the mair and the right wurshipfull souerayns the aldirmen of the cite of london. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. B2 Thys swelling and sawcie humour..against her Maiesties right honourable priuie Counsell. 1601 R. Parsons (title) An Apologetical Epistle: directed to the right honourable Lords..of her Maiesties Privie Counsell. a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxi. (heading) in Wks. (1640) III To the Right Honourable, the Lord high Treasurer of England. An Epistle Mendicant. 1670 J. Evelyn Silva xiv. 69 The Right Honourable the White-stave Officers of His Majesties Imperial Court. 1727 W. Mather Young Man's Compan. (ed. 13) 105 Nor has the Lord Mayor of London, during his Mayorality, a less Title than Right Honourable. 1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk V. 48 The right honourable sir Edward Walpole..Knight of the Bath, clerk of the pells, and master of the office of pleas. 1827 G. Canning Speech 6 Mar. (1828) VI. 155 I assure my right honourable friend..that I am perfectly ready to vote for securities; but I am not to be set down as a security-grinder. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn (1900) 80/2 His Majesty's right honourable ministers in the ante-room, drinking dry Sillery in honour of the event. 1887 Times 22 Apr. 7/6 He established rolling annuities which do credit to the ingenuity of the right honourable gentleman. 1925 Financial Times 5 Dec. 9/7 The bonds of the National Packing House company, in regard to which my right honourable friend has already replied to the honourable member. 1972 Ebony Oct. 26/4 The Right Honorable Dr. Eric Williams, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago,..is a graduate of Oxford College and Harvard University. 2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty xii. 175 He was appointed the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. B. n. colloquial. A person entitled to be addressed as ‘the Right Honourable’. ΚΠ 1603 T. Powell Welch Bayte to Spare Prouender sig. C3^v A right Honourable, whose chance it being to ouertake me vpon my way, bespake me for one of his followers. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love i. i. 13 Tat. Won't a Baronet's Lady pass? Scan. No, nothing under a Right Honourable. 1769 Fox Unkennelled 8 He has..a great many right honourables to keep him in countenance. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. vii. 218 Talk plain truth, and leave Bunkum for right honourables who keep their places thereby. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 888/4 To pose in public..in the traditional Tuxedo, with the ribbon of the Garter pinned across his bosom as a Right Honourable. 1997 Times 29 July 13/5 In the lists of Lords, a few Ladies, knights and Right Honourables, one sees the quintessence of the new and old Establishments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?1449
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