Homage
['hɒmɪdʒ] or ['hɑmɪdʒ]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance.
(n.) Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection.
(v. t.) To pay reverence to by external action.
(v. t.) To cause to pay homage.
Checker: Virgil
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fealty, allegiance, loyalty, fidelity.[2]. Reverence, obeisance, respect, deference, duty, service, honor.[3]. Cult, worship.
Inputed by Joanna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fealty, allegiance, submission, worship, deference, al, fiance, respect,veneration
ANT:Treason, rebellion, disaffection, insubordination, defiance
Typist: Penelope
Definition
n. the service due from a knight or vassal to his lord in feudal times the vassal preferring to become his lord's man: the act of fealty: respect paid by external action: reverence directed to the Supreme Being: devout affection.—n. Hom′ager one who does homage.
Edited by Lenore
Examples
- And still the unjust must appear just; that is 'the homage which vice pays to virtue. Plato. The Republic.
- Nothing but the homage of my admiration is my own. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Offered by Fosco as an act of homage to the charming society. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is a tone of fervent admiration, true homage, and deep love, Doctor Manette! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The triumphs of Greek abstract thought teach the lesson that p ractical men should pay homage to speculation even when they fail to comprehend a fraction of it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Isidore's homage was offered with great delicacy and respect. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yet there is danger the moment leaders of the people make a virtue of homage to the unregenerate, public conscience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I shall never more know the sweet homage given to beauty, youth, and grace--for never to any one else shall I seem to possess these charms. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Then do the swains appear with tea, with lemonade, with sandwiches, with homage. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I say 'Mighty potentate, here IS my homage! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He never dreamed of disputing their pretensions, but did homage to the miserable Mumbo jumbo they paraded. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Homage to British Zoology. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Man, dazzled, obedient shall render his homage to thee as of yore, And thou wilt stand forth in thy splendor, a goddess once more. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- My young heart had no room in its homage for any such poor reference. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In his gaze on her bright face there was no servility, hardly homage; but there were interest and affection, heightened by another feeling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Rodney