Honorary
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An honorary position is an unpaid position. Other uses include:
- honorary titleTitle of honorAn 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...
— awarded as a mark of distinction- honorary citizenship — awarded to aliens who have rendered service to the state
- honorary degreeHonorary degreeAn honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
— academic degree awarded to someone not formally qualified to receive it
- Honorary AryanHonorary AryanHonorary Aryan is a term from Nazi Germany. It was a status granted by the Nazi Bureau of Race Research to certain individuals and groups of people—who were not generally considered to be biologically part of the Aryan race—which certified them as being part of the Aryan race...
— Nazi German title - honorary authorship — routine listing of administrators as co-authors of papers describing research carried out in facilities for which they have responsibility
- honorary consul — an unpaid part-time diplomatic consul
- Honorary MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
— in GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
an elected part-time MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of a Town councilTown councilA town council is a democratically elected form of government for small municipalities or civil parishes. A council may serve as both the representative and executive branch....
or municipality council which post is carried out on honarary capacity with Allowance for special expendidtureAllowanceAllowance may refer to:*Allowance *Allowances in accounting, see Accounts receivable*Personal allowance in the United Kingdom's taxing system* Jobseeker's Allowance, a term for unemployment benefit in the United Kingdom* EU Allowances...
(de: Aufwandsentschädigung) - Honorary PoliceHonorary PoliceThere is an Honorary Police force in each of the 12 parishes of Jersey. Members of the Honorary Police are elected by the voters of the parish in which they serve, and are unpaid....
— unpaid police force in Jersey - honorary societyHonorary societyHonorary society may refer to:* honor society* professional association* learned society...
— whose members are elected for meritorious conduct - honorary trustHonorary trustAn honorary trust, under the law of trusts, is a device by which a person establishes a trust for which there is neither a charitable purpose, nor a private beneficiary to enforce the trust...
— a trust for which there is neither a charitable purpose, nor a private beneficiary to enforce the trust. - honorary whitesHonorary whitesHonorary Whites is a term that was used by the apartheid regime of South Africa to grant almost all of the rights and privileges of Whites to certain favored non-White groups.-The Japanese:...
— description of non-whites respected by white racists