The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon. or formerly The Hon'ble) is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.
Famous quotes containing the word honourable:
“The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.”
—Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)