a testimony of esteem or submission, expressed by words, actions, and an exterior behaviour, by which we make known the veneration and respect we entertain for any one on account of his dignity or merit. The word honour is also used in general for the esteem due to virtue, glory, and reputation. It is also used for virtue and probity themselves, and for an exactness in performing whatever we have promised; and in this last sense we use the term, a man of honour. But honour is more particularly applied to two different kinds of virtue, bravery in men, and chastity in women.

Maids of Honour, are six young ladies in the household of the queen and princesses royal; the salary of those of a queen are 300 l. per ann. each, and those of the princess dowager of Wales, 200 l.

Honour-point, in heraldry, is that next above the centre of the escutcheon, dividing the upper part into two equal portions.