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  The Most Honourable -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The prefix The Most Honourable is a title of quality attached to the names of (A British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl) marquesses in the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) United Kingdom.
Dukes are (additional info and facts about The Most Noble) The Most Noble or His Grace and peers under the rank of marquess are (additional info and facts about The Right Honourable) The Right Honourable.
"Her Majesty's Most Honourable (An advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British crown)) Privy Council".
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_most_honourable.htm   (154 words)

  
 The Monarchy Today > The Queen's role > Sovereign as Fountain of Honour > Order of The Bath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The honour was not conferred until the candidates had prepared themselves by various rituals designed to purify the inner soul by fasting, vigils and prayer, and cleansing themselves by bathing.
The earliest mention in an official document, after the crowning of William I, of the ceremony of bathing at the creation of a knight was that of 15-year-old Geoffrey count of Anjou (later husband of Mathilda) in 1128.
A total of 34 of the most senior Knights Grand Cross are allocated stalls in the Chapel.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page495.asp   (843 words)

  
 British honours system : CBE
The honours system of the United Kingdom is a means of awarding those, deserving on merit, for achievement or service to the country.
The recipients are chosen by the Sovereign, the 'fountain of honour', on the advice of the Prime Minister.
There is usually an elaborate ceremony for bestowing honours, the most famous of which is the well-known "knighting" ceremony, in which the soverign taps the recipiant on the shoulder with a ceremonial sword.
www.fastload.org /cb/CBE.html   (544 words)

  
 Surah al-Hujurat 49:13
The most honorable among you in the sight of God is the most pious of you.
Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteous of you.
It makes the most sense, that there were quarrels and fighting and in response those verses are Muhammad's admonition to them to see their differences as a incentive to do good, instead of hating each other.
answering-islam.org /Quran/Versions/049.013.html   (656 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - Despots, dinosaurs and ingrates - Sunday | March 21, 2004
I CANNOT imagine what possessed the Most Honourable to make such a fool of himself by publicly questioning the integrity and veracity of the United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell, without a shred of supporting evidence.
The Most Honourable has conveniently forgotten that his proposal was dead in the water once the opposition parties refused to co-operate.
Inevitably those who suffer most brutally under their regimes are therefore the poorest and flest in their own countries.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040321/cleisure/cleisure3.html   (1104 words)

  
 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Because the earliest records of the order were destroyed by fire, it is difficult for historians to be certain of its original purposes, the significance of its emblem, and the origin of the order's motto.
Largely built of local limestone, it is considered one of the most elegant and architecturally distinguished of British cities.
One of the most brilliant works by the great English poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta was produced in about 1590 and published in 1633.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9013738   (809 words)

  
 For Hannibal, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath... - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While the date of institution is sometimes debated, it is generally considered that the "official" date of institution is 1725 by George II in one class only - Knights of the Bath (KB).
It's silver gilt, as most CB badges are in the late Victorian period.
Here's the reverse, pretty much the same as the obverse, but here I show the "trick" most CBs have: there's a knurled nut that allows the badge to be removed from its suspension.
www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=20992   (729 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - A shocking slave mentality - Sunday | May 16, 2004
They come at the invitation of the Most Honourable P. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica, whose Foreign Minister has said they will not be turned back in the name of "brotherly love".
Nastily, the Most Honourable has also said that the current Interim President of Haiti, Gerard LaTortue was once a Haitian refugee in Jamaica.
What the Most Honourable neglected to say was that LaTortue didn't wash up on our shores, and demand to be given a tent and new clothes.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040516/cleisure/cleisure3.html   (1090 words)

  
 Cariadoc's Miscellany: To Prepare a Most Honorable Feast
He goes on to give both meat-day and fish-day menus for his feast, which is to last two days and consists of dinner and supper on both days, and he includes recipes for most of the dishes.
It is often said that medieval food was highly spiced; since most medieval recipes do not give any quantities at all it is hard to tell if this is true or not.
The phrase I translate "ordinary cookery" probably means the food prepared for the servants and the rest of the household as opposed to that prepared for the lords.
www.pbm.com /~lindahl/cariadoc/most_honorable_feast.html   (1028 words)

  
 Information On Carisoprodol
Minister who is usually the leader of the political party that holds the most seats in the House of Commons.
Most are better known as groupers, and belong to the family Serranidae.
The depravity of 2 million American citizens in jail, most of whom have harmed no one in any way, information on carisoprodol and the complacency of American politicians and public to the tragedy is a subject that demands attention.
carisoprodol.beplaced.ru /information/on-carisoprodol.html   (940 words)

  
 The Right Honourable - Biocrawler definition:The Right Honourable - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
See also the corporate use of "Most Honourable," as in "The Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council" (the Privy Council).
The Irish Privy Council was abolished with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922; nevertheless the Lord Mayor of Dublin, like his counterparts in the United Kingdom, retains the usage of the honorific; the Lord Mayor of Cork has never been entitled to the title.
The Lord Mayors of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart are styled The Right Honourable, but the style (which has no connection with the Privy Council) attaches to the title of Lord Mayor, and not to their names, and is relinquished upon leaving office.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/The_Right_Honourable   (1256 words)

  
 Hoskins Family History
It is one of the most Honourable Ordinaries of heraldry.
Being the noblest part of the body is in heraldry the most honourable member.
It is considered to be the most noble of all colours; it is assimilated to the planet Mars in the heavens; to the Ruby among stones; and among flowers,
www.leannahoskins.com /Hoskins/one.htm   (767 words)

  
 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, its History, Ceremony, Coats of Arms and Crests.
Westminster Abbey is the most famous, historic and widely visited churches in the whole Christian world, Since 1066 every Sovereign apart from King Edward V and King Edward VIII have been crowned here in and has been for many centuries the burial place of kings, queens and princess.
During the Middle Ages it was a monastery of a community of Benedictine monks and houses the shrine of the only English King to be canonised and therefore recognised as a Saint, Edward the Confessor, sometimes called the last of the English Kings.
These carved canopies are now used to display the heraldic achievements for the most senior Knights of the Bath, their Crests, Helms, Swords and Stall Plates are placed beneath the Banners in Henry VII historic Chapel in Westminster Abbey.
www.heraldicsculptor.com /bath.html   (3281 words)

  
 Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725.
The Order is the fourth-most senior in the British honours system, after The Most Noble Order of the Garter, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle and The Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick.
After the Napoleonic Wars, it was deemed necessary to honour more individuals; therefore, in 1815, the Order was divided into three classes.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/or/order_of_the_bath.html   (1855 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Blessed Virgin Mary
The third tradition, that Mary was born in Jerusalem, is the most probable one.
In 799 the 10th canon of the Synod of Salzburg prescribes four feasts in honour of the Mother of God: the Purification, 2 February; the Annunciation, 25 March; the Assumption, 15 August; the Nativity, 8 September.
Elizabeth is the first to call Mary by her most honourable title "Mother of God".
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15464b.htm   (9330 words)

  
 The Honour and Battle Awards 2001
The Honour and Battle Awards is like an Oscars ceremony and are being set-up to award those whose deeds are exceptional in serving the Total War community during the year 2001.
However me must stress that this is not a competition but an honourable way to thank people who have worked hard to make the community a better place for everyone.
Most of these awards were based on statistical data.
www.totalwar.org /hosted/haba   (266 words)

  
 Chapter Chapter 18 of The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett
prove that it was the most honourable and advantageous peace that England had ever made since the foundation of the monarchy.
Mean while the sudden affluence occasioned by trade forced open all the sluices of luxury and overflowed the land with every species of profligacy and corruption; a total pravity of manners would ensue, and this must be attended with bankruptcy and ruin.
He said, he should always consider the liberty of the press as a national evil, while it enabled the vilest reptile to soil the lustre of the most shining merit, and furnished the most infamous incendiary with the means of disturbing the peace and destroying the good order of the community.
www.bibliomania.com /0/0/44/83/17319/2.html   (428 words)

  
 Holland Treatise
To the Right Honourable Lord Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex and Ewe, Viscount of Hereford and Bouschier, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, Bourchier and Lovairie, Master of the Queen's Majesty's Horse, and Knight of the most honourable Order of the Garter.
I know therefore that to increase in your Honour true nobility your are well assured that it principally standeth in purchasing unto Christ and his Church, true honour and glory and in beating down (as much as in your Honour lieth) all the holds of Satan's kingdom.
First for that Law, it is a most wicked and profane law, and if it be one of Constantine's constitutions, it was published no doubt before his conversion to the faith.
history.wisc.edu /sommerville/367/hollandtreatise.htm   (3504 words)

  
 Islaam
One meaning of the word Ahmad is, 'The one who is praised the most' and the other meaning of the name Ahmad is, 'The one who has praised Allah the most', and it is this meaning which led me to my first thought.
Allah is the being that is praised the most.
He is the creator, thus, he is most deserved of our praise.
www.geocities.com /aqdas103/Islaam.html   (574 words)

  
 ::: wood s lot ::: November 16-30, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The present argument is the most abstracted that ever I engaged in; it strains my faculties to their highest stretch; and I desire the reader to attend with utmost perpensity for I now proceed to unravel this knotty point.
Rawls is the most unworldly of social and political philosophers.
Most of the 86 witchcraft treatises he cites had been written in western Europe in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, and one after another (including the Malleus) contain accounts of sexual intercourse with satanic spirits.
www.ncf.ca /~ek867/2002_11_16-30_archives.html   (11097 words)

  
 Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory Order   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
And furthermore, that, upon the transference of the territories in question to the Canadian Government, the claims of the Indian tribes to compensation for lands required for purposes of settlement will be considered and settled in conformity with the equitable principles which have uniformly governed the British Crown in its dealings with the aborigines.
That terms of agreement were conditionally assented to by the Delegates on behalf of the Dominion, and on their return to Canada were submitted with a Report dated 8th May, 1869, which was approved by his Excellency the Governor in Council on the 14th day of the same month.
We therefore most humbly pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased, by and with the advice of your Most Honourable Privy Council, under the 146th clause of "The British North America Act, 1867", and the provisions of the Imperial Act 31 and 32 Vict., cap.
www.solon.org /Constitutions/Canada/English/rlo_1870.html   (2619 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Columnists | Golf: The most honourable game is not as clean as its rulers like to think
Ask those who govern golf and you will be treated to a long-winded preamble about truth, honesty and self- policing before the inevitable peroration ending with the phrase "most honourable game of all".
If we are talking about the amateur game, the game most of us play, then the answer is lots and lots of cheating takes place.
But most of it is, in the greater scheme of human existence, harmless.
sport.guardian.co.uk /columnists/story/0,10260,1595506,00.html   (681 words)

  
 Fctp Online Edition
In May of that year just 3 months after the death of Malcolm X, The Most Honourable Elijah Muhammad appointed Minister Farrakhan as the Minister of Temple no.7 in New York City.
His unique ability to speak and make clear the message of The Most Honourable Elijah Muhammad attracted thousands of people in the New York area to the Nation of Islam.
The departure of The Most Honourable Elijah Muhammad in February 1975
www.fctp.co.uk /mlfbiography.asp   (755 words)

  
 A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue, by Jonathan Swift
To the Most Honourable Robert Earl of Oxford, andc.
What I had the Honour of mentioning to Your Lordship some time ago in Conversation, was not a new Thought, just then started by Accident or Occasion, but the Result of long Reflection; and I have been confirmed in my Sentiments by the Opinion of some very judicious Persons, with whom I consulted.
But here again, I am afrain most good Subjects will interpose in Your Defence, by alleging the desparate Condition You found the Nation in, and the Necessity there was for so able and faithful a Steward, to retrieve it, if possible, by the utmost Frugality.
etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /s/swift/jonathan/s97p   (3208 words)

  
 KNIGHTHOOD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
O Most Holy Queen, as the Archangel Gabriel beheld thee, a living scroll of Christ which the Spirit had sealed, he cried out to thee: "Hail, vessel of joy, in whom the curse of Eve is lifted!" Thou art the Mother of Our Lord, and the re-creation of Nature.
All degrees of nobility and honour are derived from the king as their fountain: and he may institute what new titles he pleases.
A baron's is the most general and universal title of nobility; for originally every one of the peers of superior rank had also a barony annexed to his other titles.
www.apfn.org /apfn/knighthood.htm   (11272 words)

  
 Government of Jamaica, Cabinet Office/Post-Cabinet Briefings
This was the fulfillment of decision taken at the Seventh Conference of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth Caribbean Countries, held at Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, 9th - 14th October 1972.
In his contribution to this dialogue, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, recalled that the four leaders, in establishing relations with Cuba, had looked beyond colonial history and had had a vision of regional integration.
The assessment by the Police is that the protest action by taxi men across the island on 6th January was generally limited in impact and amounted to minor disruptions.
www.cabinet.gov.jm /docs/CPB01062003.asp   (1197 words)

  
 British Commonwealth -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Some work needs to be done consolidating the lists, however the difficulty is that each country relates the precedence of its honours in relation to the UK only, and sometimes incompletely, e.g.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath instead of GCB KCB CB, The Order of Canada instead of CC OC CM) and major decorations (e.g.
For most of the occupation period, BCOF was comprised mostly of Australian Army personnel, centred around the 34th Infantry Brigade.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/23/british-commonwealth.html   (892 words)

  
 ENERGY COOPERATION AGREEMENT
The Second PETROCARIBE Summit was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica on the 6th September, 2005, jointly hosted by The Most Honourable P. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica, and His Excellency Hugo Chavez Frias, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
The CARICOM Secretariat was represented by The Honourable Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General and the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery by Dr. Richard Bernal, Director General.
The Opening Session of the Summit was addressed by The Most Honourable P. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica, His Excellency Hugo Chavez Frias, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and His Excellency Rafael Ramirez Carreño, Minister of Energy and Petroleum of Venezuela, followed by presentations by other Heads of State and Government.
www.guyana.org /spanish/petro_agreement2.html   (1120 words)

  
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