homage

From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin hominaticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homo (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”). The pronunciation in /-ɑːʒ/ is influenced by French hommage.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɒmɪdʒ/, /ɒˈmɑːʒ/[1]
• (General American) enPR: (h)ŏmʹĭj, ō-mäjʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɑmɪdʒ/, /oʊˈmɑʒ/[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɒmɪdʒ, -ɑːʒ
• Hyphenation: hom‧age

homage (countable and uncountable, plural homages)

1. (countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
   • Alexander Pope

     I sought no homage from the race that write.

   • 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.

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

3. (historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
   • 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.

• Often used in the construction pay homage to.
• Because of the different pronunciations, homage is sometimes preceded by the article a and sometimes by an.[1]

• manred

• homager

homage (third-person singular simple present homages, present participle homaging, simple past and past participle homaged)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to pay homage.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowley to this entry?)

• homage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• homage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Homage (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• ohmage

• hommage, omage, umage

Borrowed from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum.

• IPA^(key): /ɔmˈaːdʒ(ə)/, /umˈaːdʒ(ə)/

homage (plural homages)

1. An oath of loyalty to a liege performed by their vassal; a pledge of allegiance.
2. Money given to a liege by a vassal or the privilege of collecting such money.
3. A demonstration of respect or honor towards an individual (including prayer).
4. (rare) Membership in an organised religion or belief system.
5. (rare) The totality of a feudal lord's subjects when collected.

• homager

• English: homage
• Scots: homage

• “homāǧe, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.

• hommage, honmage, humage

From Medieval Latin hominaticum; equivalent to home +‎ -age.

homage m (oblique plural homages, nominative singular homages, nominative plural homage)

1. oath; pledge

• Middle English: homage, hommage, omage, umage
  • English: homage
  • Scots: homage
• French: hommage

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• vasselage