homage

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An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. (This is a recent borrowing from French usage, and is often pronounced /oʊˈmɒːʒ/; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.)

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.

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.

A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death

It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.

reverential regard or worship
{v} to pay homage, honor, respect
To cause to pay homage
Homage is respect shown towards someone or something you admire, or to a person in authority. Palace has released two marvellous films that pay homage to our literary heritage. something you do to show respect for someone or something you think is important (hommage, from homme )
Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance
Hommage Ceremony by which a vassal pledged his fealty to his liege and acknowledged all other feudal obligations, in return for a grant of land
A ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself to be the vassal of another man by offering him fealty and military service in return for protection and the use of a fief
respect
The act by which a vassal acknowledged his lord, promising fidelity to him and normally in return receiving lands and rights owned by the lord but used by the vassal For a time in the 1090s and 1100s popes sought to prohibit prelates from doing homage to lay rulers, just as they prohibited lay investiture
respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"
To pay reverence to by external action
{i} respect, appreciation, honor, esteem
plagiarism
In feudalism, the promise of a vassal to obey his or her lord
n special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly
Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection
(from French hommage) A work written by a composer in honor of, or dedicated to another composer It often owes much to that composer in style or content
respect or reverence paid or rendered; expression of high regard
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
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plural of homage
pay homage to
give honor to
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