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obeisance
/oʊˈbeɪ.səns/
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What does obeisance mean?
noun
- Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
- An obedient attitude.
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Venn made a farewell obeisance, and walked back to his former position, where the byroad from Mistover joined the highway.
Soon after the king himself repaired, accompanied with six grave and ancient persons, who did their obeisance with marvellous humility.
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The knight made his obeisance, and showed his sense of the honour by draining a huge goblet in answer to it.
So then Simon knelt to the Earl and made obeisance to him, and arose and went his ways, light-hearted and merry.
The head imperial eunuch placed them in position, and, with a low obeisance, departed, the richer by several hundred ounces of silver.