homage Definition
hom·age (häm′ij, äm′-)
noun
- Historical
- a public avowal of allegiance by a vassal to his lord
- an act done or thing given to show the relationship between lord and vassal
- anything given or done to show reverence, honor, or respect: usually with do or pay to pay homage to a hero
Etymology: ME < OFr hommage < ML hominaticum, vassal's service, homage < L homo, a man: see homo
homage Synonyms
homage
n.
homage Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- sort: Then came homages of a different sort, in the form of two pieces of film music by A R Rahman.
- heart: I did hope you had had nobleness enough in you to make you pay her the homage of the heart.
Converse of object
- pay: He pays homage on the outside, he hates on the inside.
- render: Barth recently published a little volume in German in which he renders homage to the " secret of Mozart.
- do: They have only refused to do homage to the Roman Gods.
- play: Joe Clark recently played homage to the CSS Samurai by starting a WCAG Samurai focusing on web accessibility.
- give: Walter de Gray gave the homage of Walter de Micklefield to Dominus Walter de Gray, his nephew.
Adjective modifier
- affectionate: One racing hero pays affectionate homage to twelve heroes of his own.
- respectful: On other matters, our opinions differ, but we pay respectful homage to the deep conviction with which you defend your ideas.
- due: Once a haven for smugglers, Salcombe pays due homage to this past in it's excellent Maritime Museum.
- nice: With a very nice homage to " Alien " in a scene with Phyllis Diller.
- personal: It's all simply a personal homage to someone who drove me insane for some reason when I was only twelve years old.
- great: I love the way Wim Wenders used this song on American Friend, his greatest homage to classic film noir.
Modifies a noun
- bar: Homage Bar features a gin based as well as a Classic cocktail collection.
- à: The opening Allegro ( in sonata form ) is dark and turbulent and the following Choral seems a further homage à Franck.
Noun used with modifier
- pay: Thirteen museums stretched along either bank pay homage to nearly every section of the arts.
- part: The second part of the sentence is Tomlinson's own image ( part homage to 1913 trolley car poles?
- cheek: Once Upon a Time in Mexico is a fun finale to a tongue in cheek homage to the western.
- ritual: T he first order of business on Lunar New Year's Day is offering ritual homage to one's ancestors.
Browse dictionary entries near homage
- ‹ hom-
- ‹ holytide
- ‹ holystone
- ‹ Holy Writ
- ‹ Holy Week
- ‹ holy water
- ‹ holy war
- ‹ Holy Thursday
- ‹ Holy Synod
- ‹ Holy Spirit
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