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Homage - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Accolade, Adhesion, Allegiance, Apotheosis, Appreciation, Approval, Attachment, Bend, Bob, Bond, Bow |
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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.
The original meaning of homage was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position (investiture). It was a symbolic acknowledgment to the lord that the vassal was, literally, his man (homme). More generally, it included any formal profession of reverence to a sovereign.
- for a description of the medieval homage ceremony see commendation ceremony
See also
- Fealty, allegiance, bond, call of duty, charge, responsibility, duty, good faith, honor, line of duty, mission, presenting arms, service.
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Example Usage of Homage |
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deejrandom: @hosking no it isn't... I think it's awesome. They did a great job of rebooting the franchise but paying Homage to what came before. |
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lux1008: RT @qj0hn: Homage http://tumblr.com/xqf451f5v |
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tnoe27: Check out my friend Nancy's Part I Homage to that lovable porcine product, BACON!! http://tinyurl.com/ycer7pm |
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