Definition of Honorarium

1. Noun. A fee paid for a nominally free service.

Generic synonyms: Reward

Definition of Honorarium

1. n. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars.

Definition of Honorarium

1. Noun. Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Honorarium

1. [n -RARIA or -RARIUMS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Honorarium

honor roll
honor rolls
honor system
honorabilities
honorability
honorable
honorable mention
honorableness
honorablenesses
honorably
honorand
honorands
honoraria
honoraries
honorarily
honorarium (current term)
honorariums
honorary
honorary degree
honorary officer
honorary society
honorary trust
honorary trusts
honored
honoree
honorees
honorer
honorers
honorific
honorificabilitudinitatibus

Literary usage of Honorarium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on Jurisprudence: Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin, Sarah Austin (1873)
"honorarium, dicitur, quod ab honore ... Jus praetorium (says Papinian) et honorarium dicitur: ad honorem ..."

2. The International Law and Custom of Ancient Greece and Rome by Coleman Phillipson (1911)
"The ius honorarium was by no means identical with i™gentium the ius gentium, as some writers have carelessly imagined, ^honorarium. ..."

3. A Treatise on Attorneys at Law by Edward Mark Thornton, Hiram Thomas (1914)
"The honorarium. — In ancient times, in every country where advocacy was known, the labor of the advocate was looked upon as purely honorary; and, indeed, ..."

4. The Law: Business Or Profession? by Julius Henry Cohen (1916)
"CHAPTER XV FEE OR honorarium THE compensation of the lawyer has been a fruitful subject for discussion in all times. Is it fee, or compensation, reward, ..."

5. The Science of Jurisprudence: A Treatise in which the Growth of Positive Law by Hannis Taylor (1908)
"Jus honorarium the pupil of jus civile. The chancellor and his equitable ... The jus honorarium, into which was condensed the practical devices invented by ..."

6. The Institutes of the Roman Law by Frederick James Tomkins (1867)
"The Character and Importance of the Jus honorarium. I. The entire structure of the jus honorarium is so character of foreign to our modern notions, ..."

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