homage

UK /ˈhɒmɪd͡ʒ/ US /ˈhɒmɪd͡ʒ/
noun 3verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death.

I ſought no homage from the Race that vvrite; / I kept, like Aſian Monarchs, from their ſight: […]

When a man squeezes the hand of a pretty woman, […] she will consider such an impertinent freedom in the light of an insult, if she have any true delicacy, instead of being flattered by this unmeaning homage to beauty.

2

An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style.

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.

3

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

We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee, / Love thee as our commander and our king.

verb

1

To pay reverence to by external action.

2

To cause to pay homage.

The Austrian Crowns and Romes seven Hills she shook; >br>To her great Neptune Homag'd all his Streams

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