6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.
7. Of reputable association or use; respectable. Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. Shak.
8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.
Note: Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English usage upon the younger children of earls and all the children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor, lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage, it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those who hold, or have held, any of the higher public offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or of the Senate, mayors. Right honorable. See under Right.
HONORABLENESS
Hon"or*a*ble*ness, n.
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.
2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
HONORABLY
Hon"or*a*bly, adv.
1. In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with,
honor.
The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him. Shak.
Why did I not more honorably starve Dryden.
2. Decently; becomingly. [Obs.] "Do this message honorably." Shak.