Honorary Explained

An honorary position is one given as an honor, with no duties attached, and without payment. Other uses include:

• Honorary Academy Award, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, United States
• Honorary Aryan, a status in Nazi Germany
• Honorary authorship, listing of uninvolved people as co-authors of research papers
• Honorary César, awarded by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema, France
• Honorary consul, an unpaid part-time diplomatic consul
• Honorary Goya Award, by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, Spain
• Honorary Police, unpaid police force in Jersey
• Honorary Prelate, a title used in the Catholic Church
• Honorary society (disambiguation), whose members are elected for meritorious conduct
• Honorary title, awarded as a mark of distinction
  • Honorary citizenship, awarded to aliens who have rendered service to the state
  • Honorary degree, academic degree awarded to someone not formally qualified to receive it
  • Honorary title (academic), an academic title such as honorary professor conferred by a university or professional body
• Honorary trust, a trust with neither a charitable purpose, nor a private beneficiary
• Honorary whites, a term that was used by the apartheid regime of South Africa

See also

• Honor (disambiguation)
• Honorary title (disambiguation)
• Honorarium
• The Honourable