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n. Ceremonial acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord under feudal law.

n. Special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly. See Synonyms at honor.

n. In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.

n. A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death

n. An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. Recently, the pronunciation /oʊˈmɒːʒ/ has been introduced from French for this usage; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.

v. To pay reverence to by external action.

v. To cause to pay homage.

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. To pay reverence to by external action.

v. To cause to pay homage.

n. In feudal law, an admission or acknowledgment to the lord of tenure under him; the public ceremony that bound the vassal to the lord, whose man he thereupon became, and of whom he held the land for which he was to render his service.

n. Respect or reverence paid by external action; obeisance; respectful or reverential regard; deferential feeling; reverence.

n. The copyholders or tenants of a manor in attendance to do their duty in a court-baron.

To profess fealty to; pay respect to by external action; reverence.

To cause to pay homage; bring under subjection.

To pay respect; profess fealty.

n. respectful deference

"Acknowledging the source and not relying on it too heavily comes under the term homage in my book - thus the protagonist in MSFU watching Chinatown on TV is in that realm - though a little too close to the source."

homaged    homages    homaging   

deference    respect   

simple homage    liege homage    homage ancestral    loiauté   

homaged    homaging    homager   

fealty    honor    reverence    submission    respect    deference    obeisance    court    devotion    cult   

adoration    reverence    obedience    devotion    allegiance    deference    tribute    esteem    acknowledgment    praise