Although he still owns 15% of the company and holds the honorary title of chairperson emeritus, Orfalea has been unwelcome at Kinko's for the past two years.

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Otuam residents usually address her as "Nana" -- an honorary title given to royalty but also to women with grandchildren -- and bow when they see her.

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He was made a Hero of Russia, the country's highest honorary title, for his actions in bringing his troops out of encirclement during fighting with separatists in Chechnya in 2000.

BBC: Ingushetia profile

Indeed, the Polish constitute the largest group of the Righteous Among the Nations, the honorary title granted to all non-Jews who saved Jewish lives by Yad Vashem, the organisation charged with commemorating the Holocaust.

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The equivalent act of Parliament in England and Wales also stresses that this is purely a "honorary" title, although it does not feel it necessary to rule out grazing sheep.

BBC: Jessica Ennis

Bavaria's interior ministry said it was considering stripping the late actor of an honorary chief police inspector title awarded to Tappert in 1980, German media reported.

BBC: Horst Tappert at a ceremony in Munich, 23 May 2003

On the higher education circuit, she will receive the title of Honorary Professor from Tongji University in Shanghai and meet with officials at Hainan University, where she is Honorary Chairperson of the University Council.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Lee, the executive producer of the film, told CNN his title is just an honorary one.

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Gates was given honorary knighthood in March, but don't call him Sir William: the title is only good for citizens of the Commonwealth.

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