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homage |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Homage \Hom"age\, n. [OF. homage, homenage F. hommage, LL hominaticum homenaticum from L. homo a man, LL also a client, servant, vassal; akin to L. humus earth, Gr.? on the ground, and E. groom in bridegroom. Cf {Bridegroom}, {Human}.] 1. (Feud. Law) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to and in the presence of his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign. 2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action obeisance. All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. --Hooker. I sought no homage from the race that write. --Pope. 3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being reverential worship; devout affection. --Chaucer. Syn: Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect. Usage: {Homage}, {Fealty}. Homage was originally the act of a feudal tenant by which he declared himself, on his knees, to be the hommage or bondman of the lord; hence the term is used to denote reverential submission or respect. Fealty was originally the fidelity of such a tenant to his lord, and hence the term denotes a faithful and solemn adherence to the obligations we owe to superior power or authority. We pay our homage to men of pre["e]minent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have been guided. Go go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! --Dryden. Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Homage \Hom"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Homaged}; p. pr & vb n. {Homaging}.] [Cf. OF hommager.] 1. To pay reverence to by external action [R.] 2. To cause to pay homage. [Obs.] --Cowley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: homage n : respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor" [syn: {court}]
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