homage
/ˈhɑmɪdʒ/
noun
- Public honor or respect shown to someone or something, often in a formal or artistic way.
- The museum exhibit paid homage to the artist's early work.
- The film is an homage to classic horror movies.
- They bowed their heads in homage to the fallen soldiers.
- In medieval times, a formal ceremony in which a vassal pledged loyalty and service to a lord.
- The knight swore homage to his king before receiving his lands.
- The ceremony of homage included kneeling and clasping hands.
- Homage was a binding oath of fealty between lord and vassal.
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