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homage [ˈhɒmɪdʒ] n 1. a public show of respect or honour towards someone or something (esp in the phrases pay or do homage to) 2. (Historical Terms) (in feudal society) a. the act of respect and allegiance made by a vassal to his lord See also fealty b. something done in acknowledgment of vassalage vb (tr)
Archaic or poetic to render homage to [from Old French, from home man, from Latin homo] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
homage noun 1. respect, honour, worship, esteem, admiration, awe, devotion, reverence, duty, deference, adulation, adoration two marvellous films that pay homage to our literary heritage respect contempt, disregard, disrespect, condemnation, scorn, disdain, irreverence 2. allegiance, service, tribute, loyalty, devotion, fidelity, faithfulness, obeisance, troth (archaic), fealty At his coronation he received the homage of kings. Translations homage n → Huldigung f; (for elders) → Ehrerbietung f; to pay or do homage to somebody → jdm huldigen; → jdm seine Ehrerbietung erweisen; in order to pay homage to the dead king → um dem König die letzte Ehre zu erweisen; a speech in homage to the president/the victims of the disaster → eine Rede als Hommage für den Präsidenten/als Ehrerbietung für die Opfer der Katastrophe; they stood there in silent homage → sie standen in stummer Ehrerbietung da homage [ˈhɒmɪdʒ] n → omaggio to pay homage to → rendere omaggio a homage [ˈhɒmɪdʒ] n → omaggio to pay homage to → rendere omaggio a n homage [ˈhomidʒ] (a sign of) great respect shown to a person We pay homage to this great man by laying a wreath yearly on his grave. hulde إكْرام، إحْتِرام уважение hold, pocta hyldest huldigen φόρος τιμής homenaje austusavaldus احترام kunnianosoitus hommage מֶחֱווָה שֶׁל כָּבוֹד श्रद्धांजलि iskazivanje odanosti; štovanje hódolat penghormatan virðing, lotning; virðingarvottur omaggio 敬意 존경 pagarba cieņa; godbijība penghormatan hommage, eerbewijs hyllest hołd homenagem omagiu почтение hold poklon, počastitev poštovanje vördnad[], hyllning การคารวะ saygı, hürmet 敬意 повага, пошана اطاعت گزاری sự tôn kính 敬意 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To the Comtesse Seraphina San Severino, with the respectful homage of sincere and deep admiration. These days past, when sending Your Excellency my plays, that had appeared in print before being shown on the stage, I said, if I remember well, that Don Quixote was putting on his spurs to go and render homage to Your Excellency. Now the councillors and the captains of the People of the Axe konzaed to him whom they named the Slaughterer, doing homage to him as chief and holder of the axe, and also they did homage to the axe itself. |
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