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   hom·age

   /ˈ(h)ämij/

   noun

   • 1. special honor or respect shown publicly: "they paid homage to the great poet by reciting his famous poems"
   • ▪ formal public acknowledgment of feudal allegiance: "a man doing homage to his personal lord"

   Word Origin Middle English: Old French, from medieval Latin hominaticum, from Latin homo, homin- ‘man’ (the original use of the word denoted the ceremony by which a vassal declared himself to be his lord's ‘man’).

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • G

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   • E

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