Homage

n. respect, appreciation, honor, esteem

For medieval usage see homage (medieval) and commendation ceremony, or Homage (disambiguation) Homage (from the French: Hommage) is generally used in modern English to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom one feels indebted. In this sense, a reference within a creative work to someone who greatly influenced the artist would be a homage. It is typically used to denote a reference in a work of art or literature to another, at least somewhat widely known, work. In literature and film, an homage is similar to an allusion, except that whereas an allusion merely refers to another work, an homage typically repeats a recognizable scene or stylistic element from the other work. Homage is also similar to parody, except that parodies typically exaggerate characteristics of previous works for comedic effect.
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Noun
1. respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"
(synonym) court
(hypernym) deference, respect

(v. t.)
To pay reverence to by external action.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to pay homage.
  

(n.)
Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection.
  

(n.)
Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance.
  

(n.)
A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.
  

The public pronouncement of a vassal to his lord where he swore to become ‘his man’, an oath that carried a promise of loyalty. The homage ceremony, accomplished by placing the vassal’s hands into that of the lord. In exchange, the lord pledged to protect and defend the vassal. The ceremony was distinct from, but often a part of, a fealty oath , wherein the vassal pledged to do a specified service in exchange for the land of fief . Both were highly personal and powerful oaths, which were meant to bind lord and vassal together.
- 15th century royal oath of homage (1365-1480)