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obeisance


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obeisance 
  n  :  bending  the  head  or  body  or  knee  as  a  sign  of  reverence  or 
  submission  or  shame  [syn:  {bow},  {bowing}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Obeisance 
  homage  or  reverence  to  any  one  (Gen.  37:7;  43:28). 
 




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