Pope.
3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout
affection. Chaucer.
Syn. -- Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect. -- Homage,
Fealty. Homage was originally the act of a feudal tenant by which he
declared himself, on his knees, to be the hommage or bondman of the
lord; hence the term is used to denote reverential submission or
respect. Fealty was originally the fidelity of such a tenant to his
lord, and hence the term denotes a faithful and solemn adherence to the
obligations we owe to superior power or authority. We pay our homage to
men of preÎminent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the
principles by which they have been guided.
Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go, lie like dogs
beneath your masters' feet !
Dryden.
Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the
high supremacy of heaven.
Milton.
Hom"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging.]
[Cf. OF. hommager.] 1. To pay reverence to by external action. [R.]