As a tradition, Simon cars frequently made the effort to be "first car(s) on the track" at Indy on the opening day of practice, a popular ceremonial honor.

The mummy was unusual in that it was a woman buried with full ceremonial honors, a rare honor for a Pazyryk woman at that time.

The parallel office of Gonfalonier of the Church was more a formal and ceremonial honor than the responsibility of a tactical military leader.

The major archbishops' authority within their respective sui juris churches is equal to that of a patriarch, but they receive fewer ceremonial honours.

RAN farewells top Admiral with full ceremonial honours in Sydney, Navy.

Their authority within their sui juris church is equal to that of a patriarch, but they receive fewer ceremonial honors.

In addition, he was accorded ceremonial military honours including an army procession accompanying the cortège and a 19-gun salute usually given to departed Vice-Presidents.

And Ohio was given the coveted if ceremonial honor of casting the roll-call votes that officially sealed Senator John Kerry's nomination.

"I feel it's important that the team's not strictly a ceremonial honor," he said.

Other Commonwealth countries later adopted their own national versions of the rank but, unlike the United Kingdom, they have only used it as a ceremonial honour.