TITLE OF HONOR

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An 'honorary title' or 'title of honor' is a title bestowed upon individuals or organizations as an award in recognition of their merits.
Sometimes the title bears the same or nearly the same name as a title of authority, but the person bestowed does not have to carry any duties, possibly except for ceremonial ones.
Some examples of honorary titles from various areas are:

★ Kentucky colonel

★ Knight of an honorific order

★ Hero of the Russian Federation

★ People's Artist

★ Academician

★ Patriarch of Venice
Man of the Year is 'not' an honorary title.
Some historical honorary titles may be bought, just like certain nobility titles. This has long been a matter of fraud, both outright and indirect: people often fail to realize that the value of a title is based on the prestige of the awarding body, rather on the amount paid for it.
Some honorary titles serve as positions of sinecure and honorary retirement.

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★ Hereditary titles

★ Honorary titles in Russia

★ False titles of nobility

★ Honorific

★ Style (manner of address)

★ Royal and noble styles

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★ Fake titles