Definitions for Homage
ˈhɒm ɪdʒ, ˈɒm-homage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. court, homagenoun

   respectful deference

   "pay court to the emperor"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.2 / 5 votes

1. homagenoun

   In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.

2. homagenoun

   A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death

3. homagenoun

   An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. Recently, the pronunciation /ou02C8mu02D/ has been introduced from French for this usage; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.

4. homageverb

   To pay reverence to by external action.

5. Etymology: From homage, from homage, hommage, from hominaticum, from homo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HOMAGEnoun

   Etymology: hommage, French; homagium, low Latin.

   1. Service paid and fealty professed to a sovereign or superior lord.

   Call my sovereign yours,
   And do him homage as obedient subjects. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   The chiefs, in a solemn manner, did their homages, and made their oaths of fidelity to the earl marshal. Davies.

   2. Obeisance; respect paid by external action.

   The gods great mother, when her heav’nly race
   Do homage to her. John Denham.

   A tuft of daisies on a flow’ry lay
   They saw, and thitherward they bent their way;
   To this both knights and dames their homage made,
   And due obeisance to the daisy paid. Dryden.

   Go, go, with homage yon proud victors meet!
   Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters feet. Dryden.

2. To Homageverb

   To reverence by external action; to pay honour to; to profess fealty.

   Etymology: from the noun.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Homagenoun

   a symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign

2. Homagenoun

   respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance

3. Homagenoun

   reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection

4. Homageverb

   to pay reverence to by external action

5. Homageverb

   to cause to pay homage

6. Etymology: [Cf. OF. hommager.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Homage

   Homage is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic. It was originally a declaration of fealty in the feudal system —swearing that one was the man of the feudal lord. The concept then became used figuratively for an acknowledgement of quality or superiority. For example, a man might give homage to a lady, so honouring her beauty and other graces. In German scholarship, followers of a great scholar developed the custom of honouring their mentor by producing papers for a festschrift dedicated to him. The concept now often appears in the arts where one author shows respect to a topic by calling it an homage, such as Homage to Catalonia. Alternatively, creative artists may show respect to a veteran of the field or to an admired practitioner by alluding to their work. In rock music this can take the form of a tribute album or of a sample. As of 2010, the digital techniques used to generate many forms of media make it easy to borrow from other works and this remediation may be used in homage to them.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homage

   hom′āj, n. the service due from a knight or vassal to his lord in feudal times, the vassal preferring to become his lord's man: the act of fealty: respect paid by external action: reverence directed to the Supreme Being: devout affection.—n. Hom′ager, one who does homage. [O. Fr. homage—Low L. homaticum—L. homo, a man.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Homage in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Homage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Homage in a Sentence

1. Arisara Khaosa-ard:

   I've been longing to get out (of the house), I wanted to come and take pictures, wanted to pay homage to the temple and make merit, but I understand that during this time we have to stay vigilant for others and ourselves as well.

2. Ice Cube:

   For the theaters, for New Line (Cinema), for the fans to want to pay homage to the movie in this way is cool, it lets you know how much people appreciate it and how much fun it is ... and it lets you know that 'Friday' is now a part of the American fabric.

3. Kevin Golden:

   Our supporters built an homage to the Courier Journal cartoon at Fancy Farm and we posted their work, amy McGrath has tweeted this very cartoon several times and its shameful that shes pretending not to know exactly what it is referencing in order to politicize a tragedy.

4. Matt Polk:

   Everyone in the room knew that she and Bob were finally together again, watching the festivities from box seats high above them all. The evening ended with a raucous audience singalong led by Bob's wife, Kelly Saget, and his daughters Aubrey and Lara. The ode, in homage to Bob's salty sense of humor, was ‘My Dog Licked My Balls,’ it's just an amazing special of music. Everybody gets up and sings ‘A Dog Licked My Balls,’.

5. Sir Thomas Browne:

   There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Homage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Homage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Homage
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Homage
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Homage
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Homage