Homage vs Manship - What's the difference?
homage | manship |
(historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
* 1593 , William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
* Alexander Pope
* 1792 , Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
* 2006 ,
An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. Recently, the pronunciation /o??m???/ has been introduced from French for this usage; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.
* 2002 , Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01)
(obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.
(obsolete) To cause to pay homage.
The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
* 1845 , Orestes Augustus Brownson, Charles Elwood , p. 161:
* 1902 , Lebbeus Harding Rogers, The Kite Trust (a Romance of Wealth) , p. 324:
* 2003 , Leon Dash, When Children Want Children: The Urban Crisis of Teenage Childbearing , p. 200:
* 2007 , Kevin P. Novak, Adam Versus Adam , p. 69:
(archaic) position of honor or respect; dignity, worthiness
:* {{quote-book
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(archaic) honor shown to a person; homage, respect; courtesy
:* {{quote-book
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, title=The Romance of Guy of Warwick
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, passage=For los and priis þou mi?t þer winne & manschip to þe & al þi kinne.
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(archaic) manly spirit or conduct; courage, valor, gallantry; chivalry
:* {{quote-book
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, title=The Paston Letters
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, passage=And how that ever ye do, hold up your manship .
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(archaic) human condition
:* {{quote-book
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, passage=Bot he was ferliful to call if þou it sagh..þat in a man all manscip war.
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As nouns the difference between homage and manship
is that homage is (historical) in feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights while manship is the characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.As a verb homage
is (obsolete) to pay reverence to by external action.homage
English
Noun
(en noun)- We'll do thee homage , and be rul'd by thee,
Love thee as our commander and our king.
- I sought no homage from the race that write.
- When a man squeezes the hand of a pretty woman, ... she will consider such an impertinent freedom in the light of an insult, if she have any true delicacy, instead of being flattered by this unmeaning homage to beauty.
New York Times
- It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.
- He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen.
Usage notes
* Often used in the construction pay homage to . * Because of the different pronunciations, (term) is sometimes preceded by the article (a) and sometimes by (an).Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* homagerVerb
(homag)- (Cowley)
External links
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* ohmageReferences
manship
English
Noun
(-)- Every man is a man if he chooses to be, and has in himself all that he needs in order to be a man in the full significance of the term; and therefore no one has any occasion to borrow a part of his manship from his brother.
- He certainly had nothing to do with the choosing of his manship , any more than his sister had of her womanhood.
- They were middle-class and, therefore, "had a better attitude towards girls because boys [in Washington Highlands] like beating girls to show their manship .
- The manship of Jesus was hid from the eyes of men as completely as the Godship.