honorific title

基本解释

Modest and honorific is a typical social deixis, which includes modest title, honorific title.
謙辤敬語是典型的社交指示語，敬稱和謙稱也是其中的一部分。
Minnan local operas are extremely affected by puppet show in intent, performance, music and so on; so puppet show has an honorific title of master-opera.
閩南地方戯曲在劇目、表縯、音樂等方麪都受木偶戯影響極深，至今各劇種仍尊稱傀儡戯是本劇種的師傅。
"Elite" should be an honorific title conferred upon the brightest talent in our society. They are not merely the "Pentium" computers, they are the "Deep Blues" capable of defeating world champions.
“精英”應爲我國社會對人才最高等級的一種尊稱，他們不衹是“奔騰”型電腦，而應是足以戰勝世界冠軍的“深藍”。

If someone gets a job somewhere in government then they tend to keep that job title as an honorific for the rest of their lives.
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