Meanings
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1
noun
An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style.
He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen.
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2
noun
In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee, / Love thee as our commander and our king.
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3
verb
To cause to pay homage.
The Austrian Crowns and Romes seven Hills she shook; >br>To her great Neptune Homag'd all his Streams.
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Etymology
From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homō (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -āticum (noun-forming suffix). The American pronunciations in /-ɑːʒ/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the nearly synonymous doublet hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.