honored guest

collocation in English

meaningsofhonourandguest

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honour
noun
uk
/ˈɒn.ər/us
/ˈɑː.nɚ/
a quality that combines respect, being proud, ...
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guest
noun[C]
uk
/ɡest/us
/ɡest/
a person who is staying with you, or a person you have invited to a social occasion, such as a party or ...
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(Definition ofhonourandguestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One internee described a memorable concert in the mess hall packed with 2000 internees, with honored guests like their doctors and government censors on the front benches, facing 100 musicians.
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He treated palace servants as honored guests.
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He was often an appreciated andhonoredguestand speaker, though usually met with tongue-in-cheek praise.
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Since he has caught the ear, he becomes a hero and anhonoredguest.
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The second time you take tea, you are anhonoredguest.
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The speaker may be the one completing the tractate or anotherhonoredguest.
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She was also anhonoredguestat the 1992 launching of which was named for her husband and her father-in-law.
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He frequently was invited as anhonoredguestfor military lectures and ceremonies across the nation.
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Sometimes the mosthonoredguestat a meal will receive a cooked head of a ram, which is passed around in ceremonial or ritual practice.
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Sheep's head boiled in a kazan is put before the mosthonoredguest, usually the eldest one.
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When such anhonoredguestis present, feast attendees typically gather around to hear a first-person account of the history as lived in 1915 through the eyes of a child.
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Typically, thehonoredguestwould begin by composing a few beginning lines, often in the form of the "hokku" (which, as a stand-alone piece eventually evolved into the haiku).
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Dignitaries speak, and honored guests are introduced.
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He was the chief official in charge of receiving honored guests, such as nobles and foreign ambassadors, at the imperial court.
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The three battalion commanders were the honored guests at her 1991 commissioning.
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The honored guests for the memorial program were the family members of those who died.
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Finally, there are formal pronouns used for honored guests.
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