homage

«homage» in Mova's school dictionary: a sign of great respect for someone important, often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (homages; pay homage, do homage)

meaning for a pupil

1) Homage is a sign of great respect for someone important, often shown by bowing or kneeling. tree →

2) (old use) Homage was the promise of loyalty that a knight or lord made to his king. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories people bow low to show homage to a king, queen or hero; in lessons it names the respect a crowd gives a great person; phrases: pay homage, do homage

examples

• Every one noticed him, and did him homage. tree →
• The crowds paid homage to the queen as she rode by. tree →
• The knight knelt before the king to pay homage. tree →
• Everyone in the hall bowed low in homage to the brave princess. tree →
• We sang songs of homage to our hero. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled.
• So shall the king desire thy beauty; for he is thy lord; and do homage unto him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «homage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.