Sentence examples for honorary office from inspiring English sources

Through gradual development it became primarily an honorary office.

Much of the drama today centered on the vote for the largely honorary office of president.

Perhaps two of the movements in which he held honorary office until his death best sum up his aspiration for the global Church.

Its president, Giorgio Napolitano, manages to float serenely above the political turmoil and use his largely honorary office to rein in some of the more outrageous antics of elected politicians.

The first occupied a purely honorary office, that of "alferez real," or royal standard bearer.

At this point, he already held the title of vir illustris and the honorary office of comes domesticorum.

18 Jero Petinggi— the name is limited to the ritual sphere— holds a double office: he is the highest leader in everyday life, the perbekel, 19 and also has an outstanding honorary position in the temple as Jero Petinggi.

It was an honorary position.

In 1892 he was a co-founder of the Bibliographical Society and its first honorary secretary, an office he modestly agreed to hold "pro tem in the hopes of your finding a better man".

The honorary chairman's offices in Bridgestone's sleek new black and silver corporate headquarters building are filled with works of art from his private collection, which he calls "Part Two" -including Dubuffets, Fautriers and paintings by Zao Wou-Ki, a Chinese artist.

A total of 41 consulates general and 23 honorary consulates have offices in the San Francisco Bay Area.