Authorities have released a proposed list of recommendations featuring four nominees for the Medals of the Republic and ten for national honorary titles.
In the latest blow to his reputation, the former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has relinquished an honorific title, which had become his nickname.
In the Spanish and Portuguese colonies, what is called the right of majorazzo takes place in the succession of all those great estates to which any title of honour is annexed.
The accolade joins the highest order of China's honor system, along with the " Medal of the Republic, " the " August 1 Medal, " the " Friendship Medal" and the national titles of honor.
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Tell him of one who is advanced to a title of honour, he lifts up his hands and eyes; describe a public ceremony, he shakes his head; shew him a gay equipage, he blesses himself.