Definition of "honorific"

honorific

/ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/

noun
plural honorifics
1. A title. (e.g., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor)
2. A term of respect; respectful language.
3. (linguistics) A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent.
adjective
comparative more honorific, superlative most honorific
1. Showing or conferring honour and respect.
  Quotations
  According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one.
  1996, T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski, editor, Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic, Franz Steiner Verlag, page 59
2. Based on or valuing honor
  Quotations
  In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and […]
  2010, Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al., editors, Handbook of Cultural Sociology, Taylor & Francis, page 143