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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

... expose him to disgrace. Thus shalt thou earn all Chang's high admiration. Thy harsh decree has much estranged the nation. They tell strange tales about the Chinese Sphinx, Men's skulls she gnaws—hot human blood she drinks. Oh, show thyself as modest, tender, duteous,— More homage this ...

— Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx • Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

... fearful prisoner at the bar, while he That owes his being to me sits a judge To censure that which only by myself Ought to be question'd? mountains sooner fall Beneath their valleys and the lofty pine Pay homage to the bramble, or what else is Preposterous in nature, ere my tongue In one short syllable yield satisfaction To any doubt of thine; nay, though it were A certainty disdaining argument! Since though ...

— A History of English Literature - Elizabethan Literature • George Saintsbury

... reveal a meaning is more private and enchanting than any he knows. He is very well content to be called enthusiastic, for his presence along justifies the performance of such works. When he meets at the concert-room those who are enraptured with Donizetti, yet who come to do homage to Beethoven, he is reminded that Beethoven would not see Rossini, holding him as one who debased the art; and it seems to him like Jesus calling upon the Jews to become as little children. Everybody reads Shakespeare, but few know what the word means. The theatre is crowded to hear ...

— Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis • G. W. Curtis, ed. George Willis Cooke

... the Truth, whate'er it be! World-wand'rer over this terrestrial frame; Twin-named with Darwin on the roll of fame; This day we render homage unto thee; For in thy steps o'er alien land and sea, Where life burns fast and tropic splendours flame. Oft have we follow'd with sincere acclaim To mark thee unfold Nature's mystery. For this we thank ...

— Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 (of 2) • James Marchant

... black roses which covered the ground ankle-deep. An antique temple of exotic architecture had thrown open its bronze doors, and out there surged and rustled a throng of Bacchanalian beings who sported and shouted around a terminal god, which, with smiling, ironic lips, accepted their delirious homage. White nymphs and brown displayed in choric rhythms the dance of the Seven Deadly Sins, and their goat-hoofed mates gave vertiginous pursuit. At first the pagan gayety of the scene fired the fancy of the solitary spectator; but soon his nerves, disordered ...

— Visionaries • James Huneker

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