Category:Obeisance

O*bei"sance, n. Etym: [f. obéissance obedience, fr. obéissant. 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.

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Obeisance - Homage or reverence to any one (Genesis 37:7; Genesis 43:28).