homage
noun
- medieval oath of allegiance
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhɒmɪd͡ʒ/ / /ˈhɒmɑːʒ/ / /ɒˈmɑːʒ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homō (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -āticum (noun-forming suffix). The American pronunciations in /-ɑːʒ/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the nearly synonymous doublet hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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
Etymology: From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homō (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -āticum (noun-forming suffix). The American pronunciations in /-ɑːʒ/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the nearly synonymous doublet hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.
- To pay reverence to by external action.
- To cause to pay homage.
“The Austrian Crowns and Romes seven Hills she shook; >br>To her great Neptune Homag'd all his Streams”