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military honours

British

plural noun

ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc

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Merz leaves Berlin Tuesday and is scheduled to be welcomed with military honours on Wednesday in Beijing by Prime Minister Li Qiang before later meeting Xi for talks and a dinner, Hille said.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

"When we buried him in Slovyansk, land was being liberated and we thought the war would soon end," Natalia explains, after the reburial ceremony conducted with military honours.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Two British soldiers killed in Operation Market Garden were laid to rest earlier this week with full military honours in the Oosterbeek war graves cemetery, close to Ginkel Heath.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

The group's al-Manar television has broadcast daily funerals of fallen fighters being buried with military honours, their coffins covered in the group's yellow and green flag.

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023

On the morning of the 18th the remains of the gallant officer were buried at Naauwpoort with military honours.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis

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