homage

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance. [1913 Webster]

All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]

I sought no homage from the race that write.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet !— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

1.To pay reverence to by external action. [R.] [1913 Webster]

2.To cause to pay homage. [Obs.] --Cowley. [1913 Webster]