Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Obeisance"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Obeisance
homage or reverence to any one (Gen. 37:7; 43:28).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obeisance \O*bei"sance\, n. [F. ob['e]issance obedience, fr.
ob['e]issant. See {Obey}, and cf. {Obedience}, {Abaisance}.]
1. Obedience. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference
or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. --1
Kings i. 16.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obeisance
n 1: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
submission or shame [syn: {bow}, {bowing}]
2: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with
respect to another person [syn: {obedience}] [ant: {disobedience}]
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