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Definition of Point of honor
1. Noun. A concern that seriously reflects on your honor.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Point Of Honor
Literary usage of Point of honor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854)
"This was a point of honor indeed; not such a stupid, fantastical point of honor
as that which Mr. Hamilton maintains with so much fanaticism and so much ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, William Draper Lewis (1902)
"And therefore this court of chivalry can at most only order reparation in point
of honor; as, to compel the defendant ..."
3. The Standard Index of Short Stories, 1900-1914 by Francis James Hannigan (1918)
"Atlan 88:251 Ag '01 point of honor. ... Everybody's 16:234 F '07 point of honor.
FH Smith. Sat EP 175:1 Je 13 '03 point of honor. C. Wilson. ..."
4. Studies in Mediæval History by Charles Janeway Stillé (1882)
"The general notions prevailing at a particular time in regard io the point of
honor formed the practical guide for the conduct of the knights, ..."
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