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homage

[ hom-ij, om-; oh-mahzh ]

noun

  1. respect or reverence paid or rendered:

    In his speech he paid homage to Washington and Jefferson.

    Synonyms: tribute, honor, obeisance, deference

    Antonyms: irreverence

  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.

    Synonyms: devotion, loyalty, fidelity

    Antonyms: disloyalty

  4. something done or given in acknowledgment or consideration of the worth of another:

    a Festschrift presented as an homage to a great teacher.



homage

/ ˈhɒmɪdʒ /

noun

  1. a public show of respect or honour towards someone or something (esp in the phrases pay or do homage to )
  2. in feudal society
    1. the act of respect and allegiance made by a vassal to his lord See also fealty
    2. something done in acknowledgment of vassalage


verb

  1. archaic.
    to render homage to

homage

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of homage1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English (h)omage, from Old French, equivalent to (h)ome “man” (from Latin hominem, accusative of homō; Homo ) + -age -age

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Word History and Origins

Origin of homage1

C13: from Old French, from home man, from Latin homo

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Example Sentences

I am passionate about my family and creating delicious and nutritious recipes for them, incorporating natural, plant-based ingredients that pay homage to my Caribbean roots.

From Fortune

As we praise artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, and Nicki Minaj, it’s increasingly important to pay homage to the trailblazers that came before them.

We pay homage to all those nonne toscane in strictly sticking to the Tuscan version.

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In “Cha Cha Heels” she pays homage to John Waters playing iconic characters from three of his movies — Dawn Davenport in “Female Trouble,” Beverly Sutphin in “Serial Mom” and Tracy Turnblad in “Hairspray.”

When scrolling through Dess’s feed, you can catch the performer in archived fashion looks paying homage to past runway moments in correlation to her hard-to-find flexes like Birkin bags, AP watches, and Chanel snags.

It was a very faithful homage to a Six Million Dollar Man episode.

This photograph references Voodoo and is homage to African slaves.

Homage to soccer, celebration of its lights, denunciation of its shadows.

Brian Eno was the first one invited to do the soundtrack; after all, the film was intended as an homage to Andy Warhol.

Even "Surf Wax America," a seemingly innocuous homage to The Beach Boys' early hits, morphed into a meditation on drowning.

He would fear what he did not understand, and he would bow down and pay homage to what he feared.

Not to smoke at all in the presence of a superior, is held the most delicate homage which can be paid him.

She made me a profound and graceful curtsey—feminine homage to my budding manhood.

The performance of it is introduced along with that of other actions that certainly imply the rendering of religious homage.

Religious homage was paid with the bowing of the head, the inclining of the body, or the bending of the knee.

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