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honoris causa

honoris causa adjective: honorary degree.

Adjective

honoris causa

  1. honorary degree
    • In the administration of his new responsibilities Professor Mugabe (honoris causa) has various role models to choose from.2005 July 31, John Sutherland, “Professor Mugabe (honoris causa)”, in The Guardian

honoris causa meaning in Tamil

honoris causa in Tamil

மதிப்புறு காரணம், பேறு

Forms of honoris causa

alternative formh.c.

Origin of honoris causa

From Latin honoris causa (“for the sake of the honor”).

Questions about honoris causa

What does honoris causa mean?
Honoris causa means honorary degree.
What is honoris causa in Tamil?
Honoris causa in Tamil is மதிப்புறு காரணம், பேறு. See Honoris causa meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is honoris causa?
Honoris causa is an adjective.

Words near honoris causa in the dictionary

  1. honorification
  2. honorifications
  3. honorifics
  4. honoring
  5. honoring in the breach
  6. honoris causa
  7. Honorius
  8. honorless
  9. honorlessness
  10. honorous
  11. honors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: honoris causa (page history and authors); honoris causa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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