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–noun

1.	respect or reverence paid or rendered: In his speech he paid homage to Washington and Jefferson.

2.	the formal public acknowledgment by which a feudal tenant or vassal declared himself to be the man or vassal of his lord, owing him fealty and service.

3.	the relation thus established of a vassal to his lord.

4.	something done or given in acknowledgment or consideration of the worth of another: a Festschrift presented as an homage to a great teacher.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME (h)omage < OF, equiv. to (h)ome man (< L hominem, acc. of homō; see Homo) + -age -age

]

—Synonyms 1. deference, obeisance; honor, tribute. 3. fidelity, loyalty, devotion.

—Antonyms 1. irreverence. 3. disloyalty.

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n.

Ceremonial acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord under feudal law.
Special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly. See Synonyms at honor.

[Middle English, from Old French, probably from omne, homme, man, from Latin homō, homin-; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

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homage

c.1290, from O.Fr. homage "allegiance or respect for one's feudal lord," from homme "man," from L. homo (gen. hominis). Fig. sense of "reverence, honor shown" is from 1390.

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homage
noun
respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor" [syn: court]

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homage [ˈhomidʒ] noun

(a sign of) great respect shown to a person
Example: We pay homage to this great man by laying a wreath yearly on his grave.

Arabic:	إكْرام، إحْتِرام
Chinese (Simplified):	敬意
Chinese (Traditional):	敬意
Czech:	hold, pocta
Danish:	hyldest
Dutch:	hommage, eerbewijs
Estonian:	austusavaldus
Finnish:	osoittaa kunnioitustaan
French:	hommage
German:	huldigen
Greek:	φόρος τιμής
Hungarian:	hódolat
Icelandic:	virðing, lotning; virðingarvottur
Indonesian:	penghormatan
Italian:	omaggio

Japanese:	敬意
Korean:	존경
Latvian:	cieņa; godbijība
Lithuanian:	pagarba
Norwegian:	hyllest
Polish:	hołd
Portuguese (Brazil):	homenagem
Portuguese (Portugal):	homenagem
Romanian:	omagiu
Russian:	почтение
Slovak:	hold
Slovenian:	poklon, počastitev
Spanish:	homenaje
Swedish:	vördnad, hyllning
Turkish:	saygı, hürmet

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homage

Under feudalism, the personal submission of a vassal to a lord, by which the vassal pledged to serve the lord and the lord to protect the vassal.

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Homage

Bride"groom`\ (-gr[=oo]m`), n. [OE. bridegome, brudgume, AS. br[=y]dguma (akin to OS. br[=u]digumo, D. bruidegom, bruigom, OHG. pr[=u]tigomo, MHG. briutegome, G. br["a]utigam); AS. br[=y]d bride + guma man, akin to Goth. guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r being caused by confusion with groom. See Bride, and cf. Groom, Homage.] A man newly married, or just about to be married.

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Fe"al*ty\, n. [OE. faute, OF. faut['e], fealt['e], feel['e], feelteit, fr. L. fidelitas, fr. fidelis faithful. See Feal, and cf. Fidelity.]

1. Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation. --Wharton (Law Dict. ). Tomlins.

2. Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.

He should maintain fealty to God. --I. Taylor.

Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps The fealty of our friends. --tennyson.

Swore fealty to the new government. --Macaulay.

Note: Fealty is distinguished from homage, which is an acknowledgment of tenure, while fealty implies an oath. See Homage. --Wharton.

Syn: Homage; loyality; fidelity; constancy.

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Hom"age\, n. [OF. homage, homenage, F. hommage, LL. hominaticum, homenaticum, from L. homo a man, LL. also, a client, servant, vassal; akin to L. humus earth, Gr.? on the ground, and E. groom in bridegroom. Cf. Bridegroom, Human.]

1. (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.

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

All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. --Hooker.

I sought no homage from the race that write. --Pope.

3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. --Chaucer.

Syn: Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect.

Usage: 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 pre["e]minent 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 ! --Dryden.

Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven. --Milton.

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

All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. --Hooker.

I sought no homage from the race that write. --Pope.

3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. --Chaucer.

Syn: Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect.

Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! --Dryden.

Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven. --Milton.

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Hom"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging.] [Cf. OF. hommager.]

1. To pay reverence to by external action. [R.]

2. To cause to pay homage. [Obs.] --Cowley.

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Homage

Hom"a*ger\, n. [From Homage: cf. F. hommager.] One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. --Bacon.

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Homage

Hom"i*cide\, n. [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise, Shed, v. t.]

1. The killing of one human being by another.

Note: Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. --Bouvier.

2. One who kills another; a manslayer. --Chaucer. Shak.

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Hu"man\, a. [L. humanus; akin to homo man: cf. F. humain. See Homage, and cf. Humane, Omber.] Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices.

To err is human; to forgive, divine. --Pope.

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Hu*ma"tion\, n. [L. humatio, fr. humare to cover with earth, to inter, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage.] Interment; inhumation. [R.]

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Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. Humbler; superl. Humblest.] [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]

1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

THy humble nest built on the ground. --Cowley.

2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.

God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. --Jas. iv. 6.

She should be humble who would please. --Prior.

Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. --Washington.

Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M. sensitiva).

To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. --Halliwell. --Thackeray.

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