'Homage' definitions:
Definition of 'homage'
(from WordNet)
noun
Respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor" [syn: court, homage]
Definition of 'Homage'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance. [1913 Webster]
- All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- I sought no homage from the race that write. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Homage'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'homage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- accolade,
- acquiescence,
- adherence,
- adhesion,
- admiration,
- adoration,
- adulation,
- allegiance,
- apotheosis,
- appreciation,
- approbation,
- approval,
- assent,
- assigned task,
- attachment,
- awe,
- bend,
- bending the knee,
- bepraisement,
- bob,
- bona fides,
- bond,
- bonne foi,
- bounden duty,
- bow,
- bowing and scraping,
- breathless adoration,
- burden,
- business,
- call of duty,
- charge,
- co-worship,
- commitment,
- complaisance,
- compliance,
- conformity,
- congratulation,
- consent,
- consideration,
- constancy,
- courtesy,
- cult,
- cultism,
- cultus,
- curtsy,
- dedication,
- deference,
- deification,
- devoir,
- devotedness,
- devotion,
- dipping the colors,
- dulia,
- duteousness,
- duties and responsibilities,
- dutifulness,
- duty,
- eloge,
- encomium,
- esteem,
- estimation,
- ethics,
- eulogium,
- eulogy,
- exaggerated respect,
- exaltation,
- excessive praise,
- faith,
- faithfulness,
- favor,
- fealty,
- fidelity,
- firmness,
- flattery,
- genuflection,
- glorification,
- glory,
- good faith,
- great respect,
- hero worship,
- high regard,
- hommage,
- honor,
- hyperdulia,
- idolatry,
- idolization,
- idolizing,
- imperative,
- inclination,
- kneeling,
- kowtow,
- kudos,
- latria,
- laud,
- laudation,
- line of duty,
- lionizing,
- loyalty,
- magnification,
- making a leg,
- meed of praise,
- mission,
- must,
- nod,
- nonopposal,
- nonopposition,
- nonresistance,
- obedience,
- obediency,
- obeisance,
- obligation,
- obsequiousness,
- observance,
- onus,
- ought,
- overpraise,
- paean,
- panegyric,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- place,
- praise,
- presenting arms,
- prestige,
- prostration,
- regard,
- resignation,
- resignedness,
- respect,
- reverence,
- reverential regard,
- salaam,
- salutation,
- salute,
- scrape,
- self-imposed duty,
- service,
- servility,
- servitium,
- standing at attention,
- staunchness,
- steadfastness,
- subjection,
- submission,
- submissiveness,
- submittal,
- suit and service,
- suit service,
- supineness,
- tie,
- transcendent wonder,
- tribute,
- troth,
- true blue,
- trueness,
- veneration,
- willingness,
- worship,
- worshiping,
- yielding