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obeisance

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·bei·sance /əʊˈbeɪsəns $ oʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable] literary  respect and obedience to someone or something, often shown by bending your head or the upper part of your body 颔首行礼,鞠躬示意make/pay obeisance (to somebody/something) They made obeisance to the sultan. 他们向苏丹鞠躬行礼。
Examples from the Corpus
obeisanceWhen they are successful a bell rings and a mechanical buddha lights up and makes a creaky obeisance.Victory is both a felicitous dip of the head and a glorious obeisance towards the changed life that will surely follow it.The grail itself was sin, none other than sin itself; what greater obeisance to Love itself than to part with all?Alexei completed his obeisance, then sat up.We all make obeisance to it.In the meantime, let's not forget that icons are not for passive obeisance.Was she about to make some obeisance to it?Joseph saw Tran Van Hieu and his father make their obeisance gravely beside other high-ranking Annamese.make/pay obeisance (to somebody/something)We all make obeisance to it.
Origin obeisance (1300-1400) Old French obeir; → OBEY
o·bei·sance nounChineseSyllable
someone to shown bending and Corpus or often by something, respect obedience


obeisance
obeisance /əʊˈbeɪsəns $ oʊ-/ noun [uncountable and countable] literary
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: obeir; obey
respect and obedience to someone or something, often shown by bending your head or the upper part of your body
    make/pay obeisance (to somebody/something)
    They made obeisance to the sultan.


obei·sanceBrE /əʊˈbeɪsns/ 🔊NAmE /oʊˈbiːsns/ 🔊 noun (formal) [uncountable] respect for sb/sth or willingness to obey sb 景仰;尊敬;忠顺;顺从 [countable] the act of bending your head or the upper part of your body in order to show respect for sb/sth 鞠躬示敬;颔首行礼