/hom"ij, om"-/ , n.
1. respect or reverence paid or rendered: In his speech he paid homage to Washington and Jefferson.
2. the formal public acknowledgment by which a feudal tenant or vassal declared himself to be the man or vassal of his lord, owing him fealty and service.
3. the relation thus established of a vassal to his lord.
4. something done or given in acknowledgment or consideration of the worth of another: a Festschrift presented as an homage to a great teacher.
[ 1250-1300; ME ( h ) omage h ) ome man ( hominem, acc. of homo; see HOMO) + -age -AGE ]
Syn. 1. deference, obeisance; honor, tribute. 3. fidelity, loyalty, devotion.
Ant. 1. irreverence. 3. disloyalty.