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Definition of Obeisance
1. Noun. Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting.
Generic synonyms: Reverence, Gesture, Motion
Specialized synonyms: Genuflection, Genuflexion, Kotow, Kowtow, Scrape, Scraping, Salaam
Derivative terms: Bow, Bow, Bow
2. Noun. The act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person.
Generic synonyms: Compliance, Submission
Specialized synonyms: Truckling
Antonyms: Disobedience
Derivative terms: Obedient, Obey, Obey
Definition of Obeisance
1. n. Obedience.
Definition of Obeisance
1. Noun. Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply. ¹
2. Noun. An obedient attitude. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obeisance
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Obeisance
1. 1. Obedience. 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) Origin: F. Obeissance obedience, fr. Obeissant. See Obey, and cf. Obedience, Abaisance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obeisance
Literary usage of Obeisance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1892)
"... those of the ceremonial and obeisance for you who are archangels. ...
the mindful performance of obeisance to the sacred beings, and all the merit of ..."
2. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there
stepped a stately raven of the saintly Not the least obeisance made he ; not an ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"Tom Courtly never fails of paying his obeisance to every man he sees, who has
title or office to make him conspicuous ; but his deft mice ia wholly given to ..."
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