homage

Meanings

Noun

• A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
• An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style.
• In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.

Verb

• To pay reverence to by external action.
• To cause to pay homage.

Related

Similar words

• manred

Origin

• From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum ("homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'") and Late Latin homāticum, from Latin homō ("a man, in {{etyl") a vassal}} + -āticum. The American pronunciations in and with silent h are due to confusion with the near-synonym hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.