Results for obeisance

Definitions of obeisance:

part of speech: noun

A bow; a movement of the body expressive of deference.

part of speech: noun

Obedience: a bow or act of reverence.

Usage examples for obeisance:

• When, in passing a group of children, he failed to understand that their hasty bobbing up and down meant that they were doing obeisance to him as lord of the manor, she spoke with the prettiest apologetic courtesy. "T. Tembarom", Frances Hodgson Burnett

• Get to thy feet and make obeisance to thy mistress, who in her manifold bounty has saved this time thy worthless life. "Desert Love", Joan Conquest

• Milo advanced with a deep obeisance "The Pirate Woman", Aylward Edward Dingle

• Courteously he made obeisance she took him by the hand. "The Nibelungenlied", Unknown