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HONORIS CAUSA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A degree conferred to honor the recipient
Synonyms:
honorary degree; honoris causa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("honoris causa" is a kind of...):
academic degree; degree (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honoris causa"):
ArtsD; Doctor of Arts (an honorary arts degree)
Doctor of Fine Arts (an honorary degree in fine arts)
Doctor of Humane Letters (an honorary degree in letters)
Doctor of Humanities (an honorary degree in the humanities)
Doctor of Laws; LLD (an honorary law degree)
Doctor of Science; DS; ScD (an honorary degree in science)
