high honour

collocation in English

meaningsofhighandhonour

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high
adjective
uk
/haɪ/
us
/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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honour
noun
uk
/ˈɒn.ər/
us
/ˈɑː.nɚ/
a quality that combines respect, being proud, ...
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(Definition ofhighandhonourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhigh honour

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Nowhere are they so common as not to be held inhighhonour.
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We will accord themhighhonourfor it.
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Those who try to achieve high standards deservehighhonourin our society, and we must guard those standards and thathighhonour.
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Comparing me to my noble and learned clansman is indeed ahighhonour.
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I have no doubt that you have richly earned thishighhonour.
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Thishighhonourhas been conferred on him, and with it goes responsibility.
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I have not the least doubt that every company on the list is one ofhighhonourand reputation.
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It is not very long ago that the merchants of this country were held inhighhonour, even though they did import things from abroad.
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It is not a question between soldiers and generals, but of selecting for furtherhighhonourthe men who have performed such wonderful service.
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We were both given thathighhonourbecause we were born there; our parents should have had it, but it fell to us.
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Certainly, but in view of the veryhighhonourattached to these medals, we have to be careful that the standard is maintained.
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I have no doubt myself that any man who is chosen for thishighhonourgrows in stature on his appointment, however great he may have been before.
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He fully deserves thehighhonourthat has been conferred upon him.
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It remained ahighhonour, and only rarely awarded until the 10th century.
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It is for a dance group ahighhonourif a prince or princess or noble will participate as vhenga.
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The use of supporters, ahighhonour, was considered presumptuous, as no other province had been granted such a privilege.
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It was a historical moment wherein ahighhonourwas posthumously given to a former speaker of the assembly.
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So far, so good, but meanwhile things had happened which has led to a con fusion, if not a spoiling of thehighhonourthat is in this medal.
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