A largely honorific post, the current Chancellor is Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, former Chief Medical Officer and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham.

The role of Chancellor itself is largely honorific, the current Chancellor is Dr James Naughtie.

Holders of titles of which there is only one office holder at a time such as president, chief justice or speaker revert to their previous honorific when they leave office out of deference to the current office holder.

Though she is recognized as the second First Lady of the Philippines, she was actually the first spouse of a Philippine president to be called as such, the honorific being unknown during the presidency of Emilio Aguinaldo, and thus not applied at that time to his wife Hilaria.

Former presidents and vice presidents who are elected or re-elected to the Senate are entitled to the largely honorific position of Deputy President pro tempore.

The honorific for the President of the Philippines is " Your Excellency " or " His / Her Excellency ", adopted from the title of the Governor-General of the Philippines during Spanish and American occupation.

It is sometimes misinterpreted as a title of office in itself, but in fact is an honorific that precedes various titles ( such as Mr. President, and so on ), both in speech and in writing.

Because the office of President pro tempore is largely honorific, usually given to the longest-serving senator of the majority, the Majority Whip is in reality the second-ranking senator in the Majority Conference in terms of actual power.

When adherents refer to the President of the Quorum of the Twelve, his name is usually prefaced by the honorific title " President ".

When the name of the president is used by adherents, it is usually prefaced by the honorific title " President ".

Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum ( 1943 – 4 January 2006 ) (; ), also referred to as Sheikh Maktoum ( honorific ) was the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) and the emir ( ruler ) of Dubai.

In 2007, the President of India conferred on him the third highest civilian award and honorific title in India, the Padma Bhushan.

The three members of the stake presidency are given the honorific title " President ".

In 1998, the revised constitution abolished the presidency and established the honorific title of Eternal President of the Republic, which was given to Kim Il-sung.

Ellender was President pro tempore of the U. S. Senate from 1971 – 1972, an honorific position that denoted he was the most senior Democrat.

Branch presidents are given the honorific title " President ".

One of the members of the Federal Council assumes the honorific title of President of the Confederation for a one-year term.

Although elected President of the Library in 1926, this was a largely honorific appointment.

As a rough guide, an honorific can often stand alone or be prefixed to another title ( such as Mr. Mayor, Mister President, or Your Honor ) as terms of address, without an attached surname.

Mission presidents are usually assisted by two counselors who reside within the mission boundaries ; the three men together constitute the mission presidency and are each given the honorific title " President ".

Sometimes this carries jurisdiction over metropolitan bishops, but usually it is purely honorific.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the title is purely honorific and carries no extra jurisdiction, though most archbishops are also metropolitan bishops, as above.

He is also known by the honorific " Kong Fuzi " ( 孔夫子 Kǒng ​ fū ​ zǐ, literally " Master Kong ").

In the Wade – Giles system of romanization, the honorific name is rendered as " K ' ung Fu-tzu ".

Often the word takes the definite article and is capitalized — " the Divinity " — as though it were a proper name or definitive honorific.

The title Daodejing is an honorific given by posterity, other titles include the amalgam Lǎozǐ Dàodéjīng ( 老子道德經 ), the honorific Daode Zhen Jing ( 道德真經 " True Classic of the Way and the Power "), and the Wuqian wen ( " Five thousand character ").

One of these offices was princeps senatus, (" first man of the Senate ") and became shortened into Augustus ' chief honorific, Princeps ( usually translated as " first citizen ") form which the modern English word and title prince is descended.

Also, " Master Jedi " is the common honorific.

Since the Early Modern period, the title of knight is purely honorific, usually bestowed by a monarch, as in the British honours system, often for non-military service to the country.

It is the lowest title within the nobility system and ranks below that of " Baron " but above " Jonkheer " ( the latter is not a title, but a Dutch honorific to show that someone belongs to the untitled nobility ).

During the following centuries, referred to as the " Time of Isolation ", the planet develops a feudal form of government, in which the Emperor is supported by sixty regional counts and other minor aristocrats, identified by the honorific Vor-in their names.

It is sometime preceded or followed by a title or honorific used in the corresponding cultures: " Hoxha ", " Khwaje ", " Hodja ", " Hoja ", " Hojja ", " Hodscha ", " Hodža ", " Hoca ", " Hogea ", " Mullah ", " Mulla ", " Mula ", " Molla ", " Efendi ", " Afandi ", " Ependi " ( أفندي ’ afandī ), " Hajji ".

These writings are collectively known as Gosho ( go is an honorific prefix designating respect ) or Goibun.

The term is last attested in Byzantium in the 14th century, as a purely honorific dignity.

Odoacer generally used the Roman honorific patrician, granted by the Emperor Zeno, but is referred to as a king ( Latin rex ) in many documents and he himself used it at least once and on another occasion it was used by the consul Basilius.

Their name is related to earl ( see erilaz ) and was probably an honorific military title.

The incumbent governor general and his or her spouse are also the only people in Canada, other than serving Canadian ambassadors and high commissioners, entitled to the use the style His or Her Excellency and the governor general is granted the additional honorific of The Right Honourable for their time in office and for life afterwards.

Its honorific title is Συμπρωτεύουσα ( Symprotévusa ), literally " co-capital ", and stands as a reference to its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα ( Symvasilévousa ), " co-reigning " city of the Byzantine Empire, alongside Constantinople.

This " san " is not the honorific suffix used with people's names, such as Watanabe-san, but the on ' yomi reading of the character 山 yama ( meaning mountain ) used in compounds.

Despite criticisms, there is a movement among feminists that seeks to reclaim cunt not only as acceptable, but as an honorific, in much the same way that queer has been reappropriated by LGBT people and the word nigger has by the black community .< ref >

The wedding is a lavish ceremony and Paula is given the honorific title of Augusta.