honorary

Meanings

Adjective

• Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.
• Voluntary.

Noun

• An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value.
• A person who holds an honorary appointment.
• A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement.

Origin

• From honor + -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honorarius.