noun. Formal acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord under feudal law.

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noun. Special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly. synonym: honor.

noun. Something created or done in honor, admiration, or celebration of someone or something.

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

To cause to pay homage; bring under subjection.

To pay respect; profess fealty.

noun. 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.

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

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

noun. 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.

noun. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance.

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

transitive verb. To pay reverence to by external action.

transitive verb. To cause to pay homage.

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

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

noun. 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.

verb. To pay reverence to by external action.

verb. To cause to pay homage.

noun. 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."

homage ancestral  liege homage  loiauté  simple homage  

homaged  homager  homaging  

deference  respect  

acknowledgment  adoration  allegiance  apology  applause  

acceptance  accolade  acquiescence  adherence  adhesion  

homaged  homages  homaging