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

We cannot fail to respect him while doing him the last honors.

From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

These are the last offerings, the last honors she can pay thee; for she is now to be conveyed to a distant country.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Hubbard, Elbert

His benefactor told him that she was dead, and that, after all, it was suitable that he should show her the last honors.

From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Schubin, Ossip

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)