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
All the inhabitants of the country round of his rank were present; even Count L---- came to show Felix the last honors.
From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip
It was a great relief to him that General De Bougy arrived toward evening to pay the last honors to his deceased nephew.
From Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
