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
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)
Three days after the fatal night, at nine o'clock in the morning, Hermann repaired to the Convent of ——, where the last honors were to be paid to the mortal remains of the old Countess.
They prescribed medicine; they formed the youth; they paid the last honors to the dead; they foretold events; they exercised themselves in magic.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
When we had paid the last honors to Juba, we began to think of our final departure.
From A Columbus of Space by Serviss, Garrett Putman
