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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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