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Definition of obeisance in English: obeisancenoun ə(ʊ)ˈbeɪs(ə)ns mass noun1Deferential respect. they paid obeisance to the Prince Example sentencesExamples - She offered it as obeisance to the Lord Brihadeeswara, presiding deity of the temple.
- That term cleverly covers all those who make no regular obeisance but do have in their hearts a suspicion that there is something beyond all this and that it may be called God.
- Emperors and officials of various dynasties including Emperor Qinshihuang in 210 BC made obeisance and offered sacrifices at the Mausoleum of Yu the Great.
- I'm afraid the day of the teacher, the priest and the doctor being the three important people to whom you pay obeisance is not around any longer, certainly not in Europe.
- Infact Shiva's devotee, Sudheet approached Uma to pay his respectful obeisance.
- I make obeisance for you every day before the gods of this place.
- If you are outside when it starts playing you stop everything and show obeisance in your stillness.
- Kirtans (devotional songs) rendered the air while the faithful paid obeisance and listened to the kirtans and the Gurbani (Guru's voice).
- Many pilgrims report seeing the doves-pair when they trek the arduous route to pay obeisance before the ice-lingam (the phallic symbol of Shiva).
- Temple bells chimed as men in flowing kurtas and multicoloured turbans and bejewelled women in vivid pinks and purples paid obeisance to their guru, Baba Gulabgir.
- Kantha Rao said he gradually got over his fear of snakes and would get at least a couple of them home from snake charmers every ‘Subrahmanya Shashti’ to pay obeisance to them.
- The rhetoric of the khilat relationship - obligation, etiquette, obeisance, summoned, commanded, respect, honour - is unique to Iranian-influenced cultures.
- In Bihar, for instance, during the Chhath festival, devotees are required to stand in waist-deep water while paying obeisance to the Sun-god.
- The Bangkokians poured out on the roads to pay obeisance in temples.
- The more timid paid obeisance to the policies of the founders, but they also snippily noted that ‘their views were necessarily limited.’
- They also expected obeisance, deference, and acquiescence to their methods - even groveling - from me.
- It's interesting that he has drawn so much criticism for ascribing intrinsic value to this dialect without making the proper obeisance to external circumstances that accompanied its development.
- On the other side of the cross, the copper-haired, long-nosed St John stoops in sad obeisance.
- But those New Zealanders not utterly transfixed by the imperial glare of London or Washington have sensed that our national interests lie in a wider kind of collective security than is offered by simple colonial obeisance.
- We need to return to the diplomatic obeisance to the United Nations.
Synonyms respect, homage, worship, adoration, reverence, veneration, respectfulness, honour, submission, deference - 1.1count noun A gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy.
she made a deep obeisance Example sentencesExamples - A ‘master of etiquette’ oversees the behavior of those who attend a traditional Taiwanese funeral, informing them as to what obeisances to perform and when to perform them.
- The slaves collapsed into reverential obeisances as the angelic flight passed overhead.
- All 32 members in the troupe perform the Natakam as an obeisance to Melattur Varadaraja Perumal.
- Many stories have come down to us of her cruelty: for example, that she had two serfs sent to Siberia for having failed to make their obeisances to her as she passed - because they did not see her.
- I offer repeated obeisances unto Lord Krishna, who is the protector and well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas.
Synonyms bow, curtsy, bob, genuflection, salaam, salutation Indian namaskar Chinese, historical kowtow archaic reverence
Derivatives adjective Your right to travel through cyberspace without a snoop noting your every move is one of the next hoops the president will wave before an obeisant Congress. Example sentencesExamples - But the paper is unquestionably less obeisant to the extremist forces ensconced in the government and dominating much of the media than just about any other major journalistic institution we have left.
- He says: ‘How can an agency, so obeisant to every passing whim of political correctness and comprised of enterprise officers teach entrepreneurialism?’
- Parsing their complex performances, she convincingly reads them as both obeisant and self-empowering.
- Sir David Lock, the picture's central figure, sits puffing on a hookah while enjoying a naatch (dance show) and surrounded by obeisant courtiers.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'obedience'): from Old French obeissance, from obeissant 'obeying', present participle of obeir. Definition of obeisance in US English: obeisancenoun 1Deferential respect. they paid obeisance to the Prince Example sentencesExamples - The Bangkokians poured out on the roads to pay obeisance in temples.
- In Bihar, for instance, during the Chhath festival, devotees are required to stand in waist-deep water while paying obeisance to the Sun-god.
- The rhetoric of the khilat relationship - obligation, etiquette, obeisance, summoned, commanded, respect, honour - is unique to Iranian-influenced cultures.
- They also expected obeisance, deference, and acquiescence to their methods - even groveling - from me.
- But those New Zealanders not utterly transfixed by the imperial glare of London or Washington have sensed that our national interests lie in a wider kind of collective security than is offered by simple colonial obeisance.
- Kantha Rao said he gradually got over his fear of snakes and would get at least a couple of them home from snake charmers every ‘Subrahmanya Shashti’ to pay obeisance to them.
- The more timid paid obeisance to the policies of the founders, but they also snippily noted that ‘their views were necessarily limited.’
- On the other side of the cross, the copper-haired, long-nosed St John stoops in sad obeisance.
- We need to return to the diplomatic obeisance to the United Nations.
- I'm afraid the day of the teacher, the priest and the doctor being the three important people to whom you pay obeisance is not around any longer, certainly not in Europe.
- She offered it as obeisance to the Lord Brihadeeswara, presiding deity of the temple.
- Many pilgrims report seeing the doves-pair when they trek the arduous route to pay obeisance before the ice-lingam (the phallic symbol of Shiva).
- I make obeisance for you every day before the gods of this place.
- If you are outside when it starts playing you stop everything and show obeisance in your stillness.
- That term cleverly covers all those who make no regular obeisance but do have in their hearts a suspicion that there is something beyond all this and that it may be called God.
- Infact Shiva's devotee, Sudheet approached Uma to pay his respectful obeisance.
- Emperors and officials of various dynasties including Emperor Qinshihuang in 210 BC made obeisance and offered sacrifices at the Mausoleum of Yu the Great.
- It's interesting that he has drawn so much criticism for ascribing intrinsic value to this dialect without making the proper obeisance to external circumstances that accompanied its development.
- Kirtans (devotional songs) rendered the air while the faithful paid obeisance and listened to the kirtans and the Gurbani (Guru's voice).
- Temple bells chimed as men in flowing kurtas and multicoloured turbans and bejewelled women in vivid pinks and purples paid obeisance to their guru, Baba Gulabgir.
Synonyms respect, homage, worship, adoration, reverence, veneration, respectfulness, honour, submission, deference - 1.1 A gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy.
she made a deep obeisance Example sentencesExamples - Many stories have come down to us of her cruelty: for example, that she had two serfs sent to Siberia for having failed to make their obeisances to her as she passed - because they did not see her.
- A ‘master of etiquette’ oversees the behavior of those who attend a traditional Taiwanese funeral, informing them as to what obeisances to perform and when to perform them.
- All 32 members in the troupe perform the Natakam as an obeisance to Melattur Varadaraja Perumal.
- I offer repeated obeisances unto Lord Krishna, who is the protector and well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas.
- The slaves collapsed into reverential obeisances as the angelic flight passed overhead.
Synonyms bow, curtsy, bob, genuflection, salaam, salutation
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘obedience’): from Old French obeissance, from obeissant ‘obeying’, present participle of obeir. |