[ˈhɒmɪdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- special honour or respect shown publicly
(e.g: many villagers come here to pay homage to the Virgin)


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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’)