honor society

noun

: a society for the recognition of scholarly achievement especially of undergraduates

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The Daily Pennsylvanian—Penn’s student newspaper—reported that Mangione founded the school’s Game Research and Development Environment club and that he was inducted into the Eta Kappa Nu honor society for excellence in electrical and computer engineering before graduating in 2020. —

Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 On this day in 1776: The undergraduate college honor society known as Phi Beta Kappa started when five students first met at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. —

Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024 The honor roll student, national honor society member and AP Scholar will be playing field hockey and lacrosse at Middlebury College. —

Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2024 He was also invited to join Eta Kappa Nu, an exclusive academic honor society only open to the top engineering students at Penn. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for honor society

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of honor society was in 1886

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