[responsivevoice] homage [/responsivevoice] [hom-ij ]
The word of the day is ‘ homage.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Devotion
2. Admiration
3. Special honour
4. Respect shown publicly
1. Hindi – Shraddha
2. Spanish – Homenaje
3. French – Hommage
4. Mandarin – Zūnjìng
1. Ask the lover who kneels in homage to one who has no attractions for others.
2. I kneeled—I am ashamed to confess it—to do homage to the empty armour.
3. She acknowledged their homage by bending her head and giving them a quick look.
4. Under the same degree of homage is the nation of the Mattiacians.
5. All the Kings of faction received in their turns his homage and felicitations.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
allegiance, deference, loyalty, reverence, tribute, adoration, adulation, awe, duty, esteem, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, genuflection, honour, kneeling, obeisance, praise, respect, service, worship, recognition, admiration, acclaim, acclamation, commendation, tribute, acknowledgement, eulogy, accolade, panegyric, paean, encomium, salute, laudation, applaud, commend, extol, celebrate, commemorate, glorify, laud, magnify, pay tribute to, sing the praises of, give recognition to, speak highly of, take one’s hat off to etc.
disloyalty, disregard, censure, condemnation, criticism, dishonour, disrespect, faithlessness, inconstancy, treachery, scorn
Quotation:
Men have always shown a dim knowledge of their better potentialities by paying homage to those purest leaders who taught the simplest and most inclusive rules for undivided mankind.
Erik Erikson
Social Example:
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