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Another word for obeisance

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Noun

  1. An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, submission, or worship

    See also:

    courtesy

  2. Great respect or high public esteem accorded as a right or as due

    See also:

    respect

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Another word for obeisance

Noun
  1. See also:

    reverence

    praise

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Sentence Examples

  • But after a few skirmishes they melted away, and Menelek was obliged to submit and do obeisance to John.

  • There was a touching incident when the queen's uncles, the dukes of Cumberland and Sussex, two old men, came forward to perform their obeisance.

  • When the Hobbits would have bowed to Aragorn, the newly crowned King of Gondor, he refused to accept their obeisance and bowed to them instead, sending all in Gondor to their knees before the tiny Hobbits.

  • The Greek term used for worship is proskuneo which means either to do obeisance or to worship.

  • I think their way leads to idolatry, for they are making obeisance to a book an object.

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