Another word for obeisance
An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, submission, or worship
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An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, submission, or worship
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.