| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb homage.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (homage) | 1. To pay reverence to by external action.[Websters]. 2. To cause to pay homage.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: homaging, homaged, homages, homager, homagers, homagingly and homagedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HOMAGING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: homage
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] In feudal law, the submission, loyalty and service which a tenant promised to his lord or superior,when first admitted to the land which he held of him in fee; or rather the act of the tenant in making this submission, on being invested with the fee. The ceremony of doing homage was thus performed. The tenant, being ungirt and uncovered, kneeled and held up both his hands between those of the lord, who sat before him, and there professed that "he did become his man, from that day forth, of life and limb and earthly honor," and then received a kiss from his lord.. | 2: [Noun] Obeisance; respect paid by external action. Go, go, with homage yon proud victors meet.. | 3: [Noun] Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Law | HOMAGE, Eng. law. 1. An acknowledgment made by the vassal in the presence of his lord, that he is his man, that is, his subject or vassal. The form in law French was, Jeo deveigne vostre home. 2. Homage was liege and feudal. The former was paid to the king, the latter to the lord. Liege, was borrowed from the French, as Thaumas informs us, and seems to have meant a service that was personal and inevitable. Houard, Cout. Anglo Norman, tom. 1, p. 511; Beames; Glanville, 215, 216,218, notes. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Homage is generally used in modern English to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom you feel indebted. In this sense, a reference within a creative work to someone who greatly influenced the artist would be an homage. It is typically used to denote a reference in a work of art or literature to another, at least somewhat widely known, work of art; see In-joke for a somewhat similar meaning. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (historical) In feudalism, the promise of a vassal to obey his or her lord. 1593: William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee, / Love thee as our commander and our king. (references) | 2: [Noun] A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death 1792: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women 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. 2006: New York Times It's appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made. (references) | 3: [Noun] An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style 2002: Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01) 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. (references) |
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Common Expressions: homage
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Homage Comics | Homage Comics was a comic book publishing imprint, a subdivision of Wildstorm. It was created in 1995 to focus more on writer-driven titles. As part of Wildstorm, it was acquired by DC Comics in 1998. In summer 2004 the imprint was merged with the Cliffhanger imprint and Wildstorm's Eye of the Storm line to form the Wildstorm Signature Series. (references) | ||
| Liege homage | (Feudal Custom), that homage of one sovereign or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of fealty and services. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: homage
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Lip Homage | Literature | Homage rendered by the lips only, that is, either by a kiss like that of Judas, or by words. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: homage | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Homage to QWERT YUIOP: Selected Journalism 1978-1985 | 21 | Homage | 12 | |
| Homage to Catalonia | 18 | Homage (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Homage | 12 | Homage (medieval) | 6 | |
| Homage (medieval) | 6 | Homage Comics | 3 | |
| Homage cover (comics) | 6 | Homage cover (comics) | 6 | |
| Prussian Homage | 4 | Homage for Satan | 3 | |
| Homage to Clio | 3 | Homage to Catalonia | 18 | |
| Homage Comics | 3 | Homage to Clio | 3 | |
| Homage for Satan | 3 | Homage to QWERT YUIOP: Selected Journalism 1978-1985 | 21 | |
| Homage (alternative meanings) | 2 | Prussian Homage | 4 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
