last honors
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Thus Nazi Germany last week paid last honors to Ernst Udet, World War I ace, once best of the international aerobats, exponent of parachute troops and glider warfare.
From Time Magazine Archive
While they were busy Mary Magdalene went out to the centurion and said to him: "May we not even pay the last honors to our friend?"
From King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth by Stead, William T.
Military and ecclesiastical pomp were combined with the magnificent ceremonial of the Austrian court for the purpose of rendering the last honors to the dead prelate.
From The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) by Fontenoy, Mme. la Marquise de
We cannot fail to respect him while doing him the last honors.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various
Each of these kings and princes wished to pay his homage to the Empress Josephine and her daughter, and thereby, in a measure, show the last honors to the dethroned emperor.
From Queen Hortense A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
