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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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Etymology of 'Homage'

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"Homage" Quotes from Famous Books

... and with a view to learn who were the most discontented, he had placed the ducal cap of Austria on this pole, publicly proclaiming that every one passing near, or within sight of it, should bow before it, in proof of his homage to the duke. ...

— The Ontario Readers - Third Book • Ontario Ministry of Education

... same manner as other captains of the said nation called O'Nele's had rightfully executed that office in the time of King Henry VIII. And, moreover, he was to enjoy and have the name and title of O'Nele, with the like authority as any other of his ancestors, with the service and homage of all the lords and captains called urraughts, and other nobles of the said nation of O'Nele.' All this was upon the condition 'that he and his said nobles should truly and faithfully, from time to time, serve ...

— The Land-War In Ireland (1870) - A History For The Times • James Godkin

... all that were there present made the air echo again with the repeated acclamations of: "Long life to Sultan Ahmed"; and immediately after he was proclaimed through the whole town. Schaibar made him be clothed in the royal vestments, installed him on the throne, and after he had caused all to swear homage and fidelity to him went and fetched his sister Paribanou, whom he brought with all the pomp and grandeur imaginable, and made her to be owned Sultaness of ...

— The Blue Fairy Book • Various

... graveyards were found to be already closed, and the family consented to a compromise by which their father should be buried in the Abbey at an early hour when no strangers would be aware of it. After his body was laid to rest, the people were admitted to pay their homage; the universality and the sincerity of their feelings was shown in a wonderful way. Among men of letters he had reigned in the hearts of the people, as Queen Victoria reigned among our sovereigns. In the annals of her reign his name will outlive ...

— Victorian Worthies - Sixteen Biographies • George Henry Blore

... and quite prepared to slight all her old sweethearts on his account. But then she had something more of feeling in her reckoning; she had not been insensible to the earnest yet comparatively refined homage which Owen paid her; she had noticed his expressive and occasionally handsome countenance with admiration, and was flattered by his so immediately singling her out from her companions. As to the hint which Martha Thomas had thrown out, it is enough to say that Nest was very giddy, and ...

— The Doom of the Griffiths • Elizabeth Gaskell

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