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- Homage -
pronounced [hom-ij, om-]
pronounced [hom-ij, om-]
noun
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
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
late 13c., 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 late 14c.
Synonyms
1. deference, obeisance; honor, tribute. 3. fidelity, loyalty, devotion.
Antonyms
1. irreverence. 3. disloyalty.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/homage
Synonyms
1. deference, obeisance; honor, tribute. 3. fidelity, loyalty, devotion.
Antonyms
1. irreverence. 3. disloyalty.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/homage
