HOMAGE

Homage

Homage in the Middle Ages 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 . It was a symbolic acknowledgement to the lord that the vassal was, literally, his man . The oath known as "fealty" implied lesser obligations than did "homage". Further, one could swear "fealty" to many different overlords with respect to different land holdings, but "homage" could only be performed to a single liege, as one could not be "his man", i.e., committed to military service, to more than one "liege lord".

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homage

Noun

  1. In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
  2. A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
  3. 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.

Verb

  1. To pay reverence to by external action.
  2. To cause to pay homage.


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