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Homage
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- 1 A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death. countable, uncountable
"I ſought no homage from the Race that vvrite; / I kept, like Aſian Monarchs, from their ſight: […]"
- 2 respectful deference wordnet
- 3 An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. countable
"He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen."
- 4 In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights. countable, historical, uncountable
"We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee, / Love thee as our commander and our king."
- 1 To pay reverence to by external action. obsolete, transitive
- 2 To cause to pay homage. obsolete, transitive
"The Austrian Crowns and Romes seven Hills she shook; >br>To her great Neptune Homag'd all his Streams"
Etymology
From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homō (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -āticum (noun-forming suffix). The American pronunciations in /-ɑːʒ/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the nearly synonymous doublet hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.
From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homō (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -āticum (noun-forming suffix). The American pronunciations in /-ɑːʒ/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the nearly synonymous doublet hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.
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