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How to pronounce homage in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms court
Type of deference, respect

Examples of homage

homage
Marathon jams and classic grooves from the world's leading Grateful Dead homage.
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In Paris once, he paid homage to Cavani when he realised she was staying nearby.
From the independent.co.uk
This was the most brilliant homage to the Pythons and Life of Brian I have seen.
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Tradition is revered at this ever-busy homage to Old World standards and styles.
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Paying homage to Eddie Izzard, a transvestite ginger tabby flicks a rubber band.
From the independent.co.uk
We pay homage to the show in the film but, at the same time, we take it and run.
From the metro.co.uk
Inside is a mini-museum of artifacts and memorabilia, an homage to the Old West.
From the sacbee.com
People crafted memorials and school sports teams paid homage to lives cut short.
From the cnn.com
While the building departs from tradition, Stout pays homage to Roanoke's roots.
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More examples
  • Court: respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"
  • Homage (or) is the public expression of respect to someone or something to whom or to which one feels indebted, as through an honor, tribute, reference, or citation. In traditional usage it is analogous to "praise", and one properly speaks of homage or the homage, not an homage.
  • 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. ...
  • 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 (investiture). ...
  • Homage was a sculpture commissioned by Lambton College to stand outside the school's main entrance in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. It was designed by Haydn Davies and constructed in 1974, and destroyed in 2005.
  • In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights; A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death; An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. ...
  • A body of persons owning allegiance, and attending a manorial court.
  • [medieval] the ceremonial act of demonstrating one's subordinate status to another before witnesses. To do an act of homage, one customarily knelt and placed one's joined hands (as if in prayer) between the similarly joined hands of one's lord.
  • Ceremony by which a vassal pledged his fealty to his liege and acknowledged all other feudal obligations, in return for a grant of land.