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noun

Homage n.

(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.

Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance. "All things in heaven and earth do her (Law) homage." "I sought no homage from the race that write."

Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection.

Synonyms: Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect. 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 preeminent 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!" "Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven."

verb

Homage v. t. (past & past part. homaged; pres. part. homaging)

To pay reverence to by external action. (R.)

To cause to pay homage. (Obs.)

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"Homage" Quotes from Famous Books

... said: "Then must I be King of Britain." But Sir Ector bade him say how he came by the sword, and when Sir Kay told how Arthur had brought it to him, Sir Ector bent his knee to the boy, and said: "Sir, I perceive that ye are my King, and here I tender you my homage"; and Kay did as his father. Then the three sought the Archbishop, to whom they related all that had happened; and he, much marvelling, called the people together to the great stone, and bade Arthur thrust back ...

— Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion • Beatrice Clay

... Parsee priests, for more than two thousand years and until the advent of the modern oil well. This flame was a special object of adoration by the fire-worshippers who were the followers of Zoroaster, and many went there to pay homage to it. ...

— Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania • Jewett Castello Gilson

... is apologetic, and it is considered quite correct to say we "do not care" for him. Partly this indifference is due to his Nonconformity. The "superior" Englishman who makes a jest of the doctrines and ministers of the Established Church always pays homage to it because it is RESPECTABLE, and sneers at Dissent. Another reason why Milton does not take his proper place is that his theme is a theology which for most people is no longer vital. A religious poem if it is to be deeply felt must embody a living faith. The great poems of antiquity are precious ...

— Pages from a Journal with Other Papers • Mark Rutherford

... not deny these times had a certain greatness, but she could not pronounce them truly great. She spoke of the revenge, the violence, the base cruelties which the past ages of the North openly paid homage to. ...

— Strife and Peace • Fredrika Bremer

... Maulmain, and was busily engaged in the great object of his life. He saw to some extent the fruits of his toil; and on his abundant labors Heaven placed the broad seal of divine approbation. One after another yielded to the force of truth and bowed in homage to the cross of Christ. He did not die, like Coleman and Wheelock, ere he had seen the heathen eye overflow with tears, the heathen heart burst with rapture into life, and the heathen knees bowing, not before Gaudama, but ...

— Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission • Daniel C. Eddy

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