obeisancen.

Brit.

/ə(ʊ)ˈbeɪ(ɪ)sns/,

/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsns/, U.S.

/oʊˈbeɪs(ə)ns/,

/oʊˈbis(ə)ns/

Forms: Middle English abesaunce, Middle English nobbecians, Middle English obayssaunce, Middle English obbeisaunce, Middle English obbeissaunce, Middle English obbeysaunce, Middle English obecyaunce, Middle English obecyence, Middle English obeischaunce, Middle English obeiseaunce, Middle English obeishaunce, Middle English obeisians, Middle English obeissaunce, Middle English obesaunce, Middle English obeschaunce, Middle English obeschyauns, Middle English obessyawnse, Middle English obeyesaunce, Middle English obeyȝschaunce, Middle English obeysauns, Middle English obeysaunz, Middle English obeyschaunce, Middle English obeyschaunse, Middle English obeyshaunce, Middle English obeyssance, Middle English obeysshans, Middle English obeysyance, Middle English obysaunce, Middle English (1500s Scottish) obeysans, Middle English–1500s obesance, Middle English–1500s obeysaunce, Middle English–1500s obeyssaunce, Middle English–1600s (1800s archaic) obeisaunce, Middle English–1700s obeysance, Middle English–1700s (1800s archaic) obeissance, Middle English– obeisance, 1500s obaysaunce, 1500s obessiaunce, 1500s obeysains, 1500s–1600s obaysance, 1600s obecens, 1600s obesience, 1600s obeyzance. See also beisance n.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French obeisance, obeissance.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman obeisance, obeisaunce, obeissance, obessance and Middle French obeissance authority (late 13th cent. in Old French), obedience (early 14th cent.), homage (late 14th cent.), corps of officers of a prince (early 15th cent.) < Anglo-Norman obeisant and Old French obeissant obeisant adj. + -ance -ance suffix.For corresponding senses of post-classical Latin obedientia see etymological note s.v. obedience n. With the phrase to make (an, one's) obeisance (see sense 3) compare post-classical Latin obedientiam facere (13th cent. in Du Cange). In French, F. Godefroy Dict. de l'ancienne langue française (1880 –1902) has one 16th-cent. example of obéissance glossed as révérence , salut , but no Old French examples; the sense is not recorded in Französisches Etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. obœdire. The Middle English form nobbecians shows metanalysis (see N n.). With sense 3 compare abaisance n.; occasional occurrence of forms with a- in other senses may reflect association with this word. N.E.D. (1902) gives only the pronunciation (obēⁱ·săns) /əʊˈbeɪsəns/.

†1. The action or fact of obeying; = obedience n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > action or fact of obeying

obediencea1225

obeisancea1382

obeyingc1425

obeyancec1450

obtemperance1589

obediency1614

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xv. 22 Betere is obeisaunce [a1425 Corpus Oxf. obeishaunce; a1425 L.V. obedience; L. obœdientia] þan slayne sacrifices.

c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2974 Ther was a parlement..To haue with certeyn contrees alliaunce, And haue fully of Thebans obeisaunce.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. 107 (MED) The poeple stod in obeissance Under the reule of governance.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 89 (MED) Of þi liges feithful obeisaunce..I praye God graunte.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 26 All women..be not of the obeisaunce that a merchauntez wiff was.

c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 227 (MED) Obeisaunce aught to be had and preserued toward the prince in tyme of werre by his knyghtes and subgites.

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 34 (MED) The diuine furour turned vpon his sone Roboam and toke away the tenthe parte of his lordshipp and the hertis and the obeisaunce of his subiectis.

a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 38 The vniuersal subieccioune and obeyssaunce of all creature to the hie divinite..of Jhesu.

1553 Lady Jane Grey Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 186 To remayne fast in your obeysaunce and duetie to the imperiall Crowne of this Realme.

1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 220 With hairt and mynd and all obeysance.

1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. Ep. Ded. A testimony of my obeysance and humble submission to your judgment.

2. Frequently in to do (also make, pay) obeisance (to).

a. Homage or submission to a person in authority; deference towards an acknowledged superior; respectfulness of manner or bearing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectfulness of manner or bearing

obeisancec1390

obeishinga1425

obeyancec1450

obeisancy1827

c1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 902) viii. 3021* (MED) Ben we alle wel beholde To do service and obeyssaunce To him [sc. Christ].

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 2281 (MED) To you, Cupide and Venus bothe, With al myn hertes obeissance I preie.

c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 93 This straunge knyght..Salueth kyng and queene and lordes alle By ordre as they seten in the halle With so heigh reuerence and obeisaunce As wel in speche as in contenaunce.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1375 Of thy feyned trouthe..With thyn obeysaunce and humble cheere.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 168 (MED) The kyng lowly with deuout obeysaunce Prayde thou woldyst in thyn Orysouns Haue hym dayly in thy remembraunce.

a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 141 (MED) Mercy me graunt off þat I me compleyne, to ȝow my lyfis soueraigne plesaunz; And ese ȝour seruaunt of the importabyl peyne þat I suffre in ȝour obeysaunz.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 870 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 122 Quhom yai ressaif with reuerens And bowsome obeysance.

c1530 Court of Love 46 Love arted me to do myn observaunce To his astate, and doon him obeysaunce.

1659 R. Brathwait Panthalia 19 Vouchsafe me that honour, as to present the most humble and devotionall Obeisance of a dying servant to her Majesty.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 277 After Obesience on their severall approches to the Throne.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 167. ⁋3 A Throne to which conquered Nations yielded Obeysance.

1796 E. Inchbald Nature & Art I. xi. 62 He walked into the room, not with a dictated obeisance, but with a hurrying step.

1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders IV. 220 The spiritual dignitaries, who in those days vailed not their bonnets to created thing, bestowed on the King..their blessing instead of obeisance.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 150 There was not a farmer's grey-beard between the Lothians and the Solway filled with spirit that had done obeisance to King George.

1928 P. Neilson Matabele at Home ii. 38 It had become customary for many of the Matabele to go to the Umlimo's cave..at regular intervals, and there to make obeisance by presenting the Umlimo with cattle and beer.

1987 J. Franklin Molecules of Mind (1988) xix. 253 In the jungle we paid obeisance to the alpha male of our group, accepting his desires as law.

b. Homage or deferential acknowledgement given to a thing, quality, idea, etc.Now often regarded as figurative from sense 3.

ΚΠ

1608 R. Johnson Hist. Seuen Champions Christendome (new ed.) i. 106 Her wonted beautie (to whose excellent fairenesse, all the Ladyes in the world did sometimes yeeld obeysance) was now stayned.

1681 A. Radcliffe Ovid Travestie (ed. 2) 112 At last I spake, and bow'd in seemly wise, And paid obeysance to your sparkling Eyes.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. 164 The eye must do obeisance to the window, and discourse submit to sensation.

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. i. ii. 31 Edgar referred the matter to Indiana, to whose already exquisite beauty his juvenile admiration paid its most early obeisance.

1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. v. l. 222 He..can level himself with the narrowest and most illiberal of his race, to pay coward obeisance to appearances!

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables iii. 62 Hepzibah had unconsciously flattered herself with the idea that there would be a gleam or halo..about her person, which would insure an obeisance to her sterling gentility.

1865 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (1868) i. 6 He [sc. John the Baptist] did obeisance to the royalty of inward happiness.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 129/2 While still paying a dutiful obeisance to the Woodrovian doctrine of ‘neutrality’, he began his active propaganda for American participation.

1962 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 27 317/2 By status obeisance we refer to the value placed on authority for its own sake.

1995 T. Parks Ital. Educ. 179 Maestra Elena arrives, dressed to the nines.., the same sort of obvious obeisance to the big occasion as is suggested in the neat geometry of fresh turf.

3. An act or gesture expressing submission or deferential respect, usually a bending or prostration of the body; a respectful salutation; a bow or curtsy. Frequently in to make (an, one's) obeisance. Now chiefly literary and archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey

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obeisancea1393

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inclinationa1425

courtesy1508

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honour1531

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humblesso1599

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salaam1613

dop1616

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bowa1656

visit-leg1673

couchee1691

dip1792

bob1825

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 2197 (MED) Ate laste he gan to loute And obeissance unto hire make, As he that wolde his leve take.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1268 This Troyan..can so wel don alle his obeysaunces And wayten hire at festes and at daunces.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. i They approched to theyr kynge for to make obeyssaunce vnto hym.

a1555 H. Latimer Frutefull Serm. (1572) ii. f. 186 A gentleman that brought the cuppe, in making obeysance, the couer fell to the ground.

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 169 As the Lyon passed by the wilde beasts through the desert, they made theyr obeisance to him as King of beasts, only the Elephant bowed not his knee, bicause hee could not.

1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. F4 Dorastus and Fawnia with humble obeysance saluted his maiestie.

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 30 He lowted low With prone obeysance.

1640 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 124 He made a low Obeysance.

c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 69 They shewed us the wearing of ye pavement with ye obeisance of his votarys.

1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iii. 94 The Herald made three obeissances.

1777 J. Cook Voy. Pacific Ocean (1784) I. ii. xi. 409 The person who is to pay obeisance, squats down before the Chief, and bows the head to the sole of his foot;..having tapped, or touched it with the under and upper side of the fingers of both hands, he rises up, and retires.

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iii^*. 81 The deepness of his obeisance.

1888 H. James Aspern Papers vi. 122 As I made my obeisance to the old lady I asked her if she would kindly permit me to see her again.

1907 T. B. Aldrich Judith of Bethulîa in Poems i. ii. 423 Judith approaches the Patriarchs with her hands crossed upon her bosom, and makes low obeisance.

1966 A. Higgins Langrishe, go Down xvii. 132 He took away the Missal, making a profound obeisance before the altar.

1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) i. 41 His voice dropped a tone; he adopted a plummy smile and made a half-bow, half-curtsey, a sort of unisex obeisance.

†4.

a. With possessive adjective or of: the obedience claimed by the person, institution, etc., specified; authority, rule, command, sway. Cf. obedience n. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun]

doomc1000

strengthOE

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bandon?c1225

mastery?c1225

authority1340

bailliec1380

obeisancea1393

baila1400

mastership?a1425

jurisdictionc1425

masterdomc1475

reformation1523

maistrice1526

swinge1531

potentness1581

obey1584

masterfulnessa1586

prevailance1592

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magistrality1603

command1608

magistery1642

magisteriality1646

sway1765

tenure1871

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 1870 I schal evermo..myn observance To love and to his obeissance the betre kepe.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 587 To conqueren regnes and honour Unto the toun of Rome..To han the world at hire obeysaunce.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 194 Kyng Arthure..commaunded all that were undir his obeysaunce.

1488 W. Cely Let. 15 Feb. (1975) 243 And soo they wyll playnly hawe peese wyth Fraunce and to be vnder the abesaunce of the Kynge of Fraunce.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 1096 Ye shall here haue the rewle and gouernaunce Of this contre... My men shall be vnder your obei-seaunce.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.ij The realme of Acaye submytted his..proude heade, to the sweete obeysaunce of the empyre.

a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 2682 Than Alexander put in his obesance The landis of Egipt.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxii. f. 168 Is this the innobling of the bloud wherof thou art descended, to rauishe thy neighbors daughters under mine obeysance and protection?

1664 Floddan Field i. 5 To bring that Land to his obeysance.

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 209 The master of the Thief, or him in whose obeisance he is,..[must] deliver him up.

b. The sphere of a person's rule; a district under a person's authority or jurisdiction; a dominion. Cf. obedience n. 2b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > sphere of

kingdoma1393

obeisance1419

obedience1595

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > area over which jurisdiction exercised

land and ledeOE

regimenta1393

franchisea1400

right?a1400

obeisance1419

liberty?1435

English palec1453

palec1453

English palea1549

judgement1617

command1621

commandment1632

bourne1818

Crown land1849

rulership1882

overseas territory1900

1419 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 2nd Ser. I. 73 The Abbot..has sent for safe condute for to come to ȝour obeysshans.

1440 Rolls of Parl. V. 444/1 Gret hurte and losse..have fallen to the Kynges Lordshippis and Contres in his obeisaunce of that other side of the See.

1467–8 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 305 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 No manere aliennt, borne oute of thobeysaunce of the Kyng of Inglande.

1493 King Henry VII Let. 20 July in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 9 (modernized text) The Flemings and other of the archduke's obeissaunce.

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 35 (MED) He toke away the ceptre and lessid his obeisaunce by the thridde parte and withdrowe his subiectis.

1569 T. Norton in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. lv. 561 The country round about within her obeisance.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) ii. 703 The Iewes, together to their Palestine, Which he by force will conquer, & confine To his obeisance.

†5. A company of servants. Obsolete.One of many alleged group names found in late Middle English glossarial sources, but not otherwise substantiated.

ΚΠ

a1450 Terms Assoc. in PMLA (1936) 51 604 (MED) A nobbecians of seruantes.

1471 MS Pepys 1047 in Notes & Queries (1978) Feb. 9/1 An obecyence of seruandys.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. fvj^v An obeisians of seruauntis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obeisance
释义	obeisancen. Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˈbeɪ(ɪ)sns/, /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsns/, U.S. /oʊˈbeɪs(ə)ns/, /oʊˈbis(ə)ns/ Forms: Middle English abesaunce, Middle English nobbecians, Middle English obayssaunce, Middle English obbeisaunce, Middle English obbeissaunce, Middle English obbeysaunce, Middle English obecyaunce, Middle English obecyence, Middle English obeischaunce, Middle English obeiseaunce, Middle English obeishaunce, Middle English obeisians, Middle English obeissaunce, Middle English obesaunce, Middle English obeschaunce, Middle English obeschyauns, Middle English obessyawnse, Middle English obeyesaunce, Middle English obeyȝschaunce, Middle English obeysauns, Middle English obeysaunz, Middle English obeyschaunce, Middle English obeyschaunse, Middle English obeyshaunce, Middle English obeyssance, Middle English obeysshans, Middle English obeysyance, Middle English obysaunce, Middle English (1500s Scottish) obeysans, Middle English–1500s obesance, Middle English–1500s obeysaunce, Middle English–1500s obeyssaunce, Middle English–1600s (1800s archaic) obeisaunce, Middle English–1700s obeysance, Middle English–1700s (1800s archaic) obeissance, Middle English– obeisance, 1500s obaysaunce, 1500s obessiaunce, 1500s obeysains, 1500s–1600s obaysance, 1600s obecens, 1600s obesience, 1600s obeyzance. See also beisance n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French obeisance, obeissance. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman obeisance, obeisaunce, obeissance, obessance and Middle French obeissance authority (late 13th cent. in Old French), obedience (early 14th cent.), homage (late 14th cent.), corps of officers of a prince (early 15th cent.) < Anglo-Norman obeisant and Old French obeissant obeisant adj. + -ance -ance suffix.For corresponding senses of post-classical Latin obedientia see etymological note s.v. obedience n. With the phrase to make (an, one's) obeisance (see sense 3) compare post-classical Latin obedientiam facere (13th cent. in Du Cange). In French, F. Godefroy Dict. de l'ancienne langue française (1880 –1902) has one 16th-cent. example of obéissance glossed as révérence , salut , but no Old French examples; the sense is not recorded in Französisches Etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. obœdire. The Middle English form nobbecians shows metanalysis (see N n.). With sense 3 compare abaisance n.; occasional occurrence of forms with a- in other senses may reflect association with this word. N.E.D. (1902) gives only the pronunciation (obēⁱ·săns) /əʊˈbeɪsəns/. †1. The action or fact of obeying; = obedience n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > action or fact of obeying obediencea1225 obeisancea1382 obeyingc1425 obeyancec1450 obtemperance1589 obediency1614 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xv. 22 Betere is obeisaunce [a1425 Corpus Oxf. obeishaunce; a1425 L.V. obedience; L. obœdientia] þan slayne sacrifices. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2974 Ther was a parlement..To haue with certeyn contrees alliaunce, And haue fully of Thebans obeisaunce. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. 107 (MED) The poeple stod in obeissance Under the reule of governance. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 89 (MED) Of þi liges feithful obeisaunce..I praye God graunte. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 26 All women..be not of the obeisaunce that a merchauntez wiff was. c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 227 (MED) Obeisaunce aught to be had and preserued toward the prince in tyme of werre by his knyghtes and subgites. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 34 (MED) The diuine furour turned vpon his sone Roboam and toke away the tenthe parte of his lordshipp and the hertis and the obeisaunce of his subiectis. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 38 The vniuersal subieccioune and obeyssaunce of all creature to the hie divinite..of Jhesu. 1553 Lady Jane Grey Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 186 To remayne fast in your obeysaunce and duetie to the imperiall Crowne of this Realme. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 220 With hairt and mynd and all obeysance. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. Ep. Ded. A testimony of my obeysance and humble submission to your judgment. 2. Frequently in to do (also make, pay) obeisance (to). a. Homage or submission to a person in authority; deference towards an acknowledged superior; respectfulness of manner or bearing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectfulness of manner or bearing obeisancec1390 obeishinga1425 obeyancec1450 obeisancy1827 c1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 902) viii. 3021* (MED) Ben we alle wel beholde To do service and obeyssaunce To him [sc. Christ]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 2281 (MED) To you, Cupide and Venus bothe, With al myn hertes obeissance I preie. c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 93 This straunge knyght..Salueth kyng and queene and lordes alle By ordre as they seten in the halle With so heigh reuerence and obeisaunce As wel in speche as in contenaunce. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1375 Of thy feyned trouthe..With thyn obeysaunce and humble cheere. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 168 (MED) The kyng lowly with deuout obeysaunce Prayde thou woldyst in thyn Orysouns Haue hym dayly in thy remembraunce. a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 141 (MED) Mercy me graunt off þat I me compleyne, to ȝow my lyfis soueraigne plesaunz; And ese ȝour seruaunt of the importabyl peyne þat I suffre in ȝour obeysaunz. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 870 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 122 Quhom yai ressaif with reuerens And bowsome obeysance. c1530 Court of Love 46 Love arted me to do myn observaunce To his astate, and doon him obeysaunce. 1659 R. Brathwait Panthalia 19 Vouchsafe me that honour, as to present the most humble and devotionall Obeisance of a dying servant to her Majesty. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 277 After Obesience on their severall approches to the Throne. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 167. ⁋3 A Throne to which conquered Nations yielded Obeysance. 1796 E. Inchbald Nature & Art I. xi. 62 He walked into the room, not with a dictated obeisance, but with a hurrying step. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders IV. 220 The spiritual dignitaries, who in those days vailed not their bonnets to created thing, bestowed on the King..their blessing instead of obeisance. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 150 There was not a farmer's grey-beard between the Lothians and the Solway filled with spirit that had done obeisance to King George. 1928 P. Neilson Matabele at Home ii. 38 It had become customary for many of the Matabele to go to the Umlimo's cave..at regular intervals, and there to make obeisance by presenting the Umlimo with cattle and beer. 1987 J. Franklin Molecules of Mind (1988) xix. 253 In the jungle we paid obeisance to the alpha male of our group, accepting his desires as law. b. Homage or deferential acknowledgement given to a thing, quality, idea, etc.Now often regarded as figurative from sense 3. ΚΠ 1608 R. Johnson Hist. Seuen Champions Christendome (new ed.) i. 106 Her wonted beautie (to whose excellent fairenesse, all the Ladyes in the world did sometimes yeeld obeysance) was now stayned. 1681 A. Radcliffe Ovid Travestie (ed. 2) 112 At last I spake, and bow'd in seemly wise, And paid obeysance to your sparkling Eyes. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. 164 The eye must do obeisance to the window, and discourse submit to sensation. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. i. ii. 31 Edgar referred the matter to Indiana, to whose already exquisite beauty his juvenile admiration paid its most early obeisance. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. v. l. 222 He..can level himself with the narrowest and most illiberal of his race, to pay coward obeisance to appearances! 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables iii. 62 Hepzibah had unconsciously flattered herself with the idea that there would be a gleam or halo..about her person, which would insure an obeisance to her sterling gentility. 1865 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (1868) i. 6 He [sc. John the Baptist] did obeisance to the royalty of inward happiness. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 129/2 While still paying a dutiful obeisance to the Woodrovian doctrine of ‘neutrality’, he began his active propaganda for American participation. 1962 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 27 317/2 By status obeisance we refer to the value placed on authority for its own sake. 1995 T. Parks Ital. Educ. 179 Maestra Elena arrives, dressed to the nines.., the same sort of obvious obeisance to the big occasion as is suggested in the neat geometry of fresh turf. 3. An act or gesture expressing submission or deferential respect, usually a bending or prostration of the body; a respectful salutation; a bow or curtsy. Frequently in to make (an, one's) obeisance. Now chiefly literary and archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey crookc1330 beckc1375 obediencec1390 obeisancea1393 reverencec1400 inclinationa1425 courtesy1508 curtsy1513 honour1531 leg1548 duck1554 beisance1556 jouk1567 congee1577 crouch1597 humblesso1599 inclinabo1607 salaam1613 dop1616 scrape1628 bowa1656 visit-leg1673 couchee1691 dip1792 bob1825 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 2197 (MED) Ate laste he gan to loute And obeissance unto hire make, As he that wolde his leve take. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1268 This Troyan..can so wel don alle his obeysaunces And wayten hire at festes and at daunces. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. i They approched to theyr kynge for to make obeyssaunce vnto hym. a1555 H. Latimer Frutefull Serm. (1572) ii. f. 186 A gentleman that brought the cuppe, in making obeysance, the couer fell to the ground. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 169 As the Lyon passed by the wilde beasts through the desert, they made theyr obeisance to him as King of beasts, only the Elephant bowed not his knee, bicause hee could not. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. F4 Dorastus and Fawnia with humble obeysance saluted his maiestie. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 30 He lowted low With prone obeysance. 1640 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 124 He made a low Obeysance. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 69 They shewed us the wearing of ye pavement with ye obeisance of his votarys. 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iii. 94 The Herald made three obeissances. 1777 J. Cook Voy. Pacific Ocean (1784) I. ii. xi. 409 The person who is to pay obeisance, squats down before the Chief, and bows the head to the sole of his foot;..having tapped, or touched it with the under and upper side of the fingers of both hands, he rises up, and retires. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iii^. 81 The deepness of his obeisance. 1888 H. James Aspern Papers* vi. 122 As I made my obeisance to the old lady I asked her if she would kindly permit me to see her again. 1907 T. B. Aldrich Judith of Bethulîa in Poems i. ii. 423 Judith approaches the Patriarchs with her hands crossed upon her bosom, and makes low obeisance. 1966 A. Higgins Langrishe, go Down xvii. 132 He took away the Missal, making a profound obeisance before the altar. 1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) i. 41 His voice dropped a tone; he adopted a plummy smile and made a half-bow, half-curtsey, a sort of unisex obeisance. †4. a. With possessive adjective or of: the obedience claimed by the person, institution, etc., specified; authority, rule, command, sway. Cf. obedience n. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] doomc1000 strengthOE obediencea1225 bandon?c1225 mastery?c1225 authority1340 bailliec1380 obeisancea1393 baila1400 mastership?a1425 jurisdictionc1425 masterdomc1475 reformation1523 maistrice1526 swinge1531 potentness1581 obey1584 masterfulnessa1586 prevailance1592 covert1596 magistrality1603 command1608 magistery1642 magisteriality1646 sway1765 tenure1871 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 1870 I schal evermo..myn observance To love and to his obeissance the betre kepe. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 587 To conqueren regnes and honour Unto the toun of Rome..To han the world at hire obeysaunce. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 194 Kyng Arthure..commaunded all that were undir his obeysaunce. 1488 W. Cely Let. 15 Feb. (1975) 243 And soo they wyll playnly hawe peese wyth Fraunce and to be vnder the abesaunce of the Kynge of Fraunce. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 1096 Ye shall here haue the rewle and gouernaunce Of this contre... My men shall be vnder your obei-seaunce. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.ij The realme of Acaye submytted his..proude heade, to the sweete obeysaunce of the empyre. a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 2682 Than Alexander put in his obesance The landis of Egipt. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxii. f. 168 Is this the innobling of the bloud wherof thou art descended, to rauishe thy neighbors daughters under mine obeysance and protection? 1664 Floddan Field i. 5 To bring that Land to his obeysance. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 209 The master of the Thief, or him in whose obeisance he is,..[must] deliver him up. b. The sphere of a person's rule; a district under a person's authority or jurisdiction; a dominion. Cf. obedience n. 2b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > sphere of kingdoma1393 obeisance1419 obedience1595 society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > area over which jurisdiction exercised land and ledeOE regimenta1393 franchisea1400 right?a1400 obeisance1419 liberty?1435 English palec1453 palec1453 English palea1549 judgement1617 command1621 commandment1632 bourne1818 Crown land1849 rulership1882 overseas territory1900 1419 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 2nd Ser. I. 73 The Abbot..has sent for safe condute for to come to ȝour obeysshans. 1440 Rolls of Parl. V. 444/1 Gret hurte and losse..have fallen to the Kynges Lordshippis and Contres in his obeisaunce of that other side of the See. 1467–8 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 305 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 No manere aliennt, borne oute of thobeysaunce of the Kyng of Inglande. 1493 King Henry VII Let. 20 July in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 9 (modernized text) The Flemings and other of the archduke's obeissaunce. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 35 (MED) He toke away the ceptre and lessid his obeisaunce by the thridde parte and withdrowe his subiectis. 1569 T. Norton in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. lv. 561 The country round about within her obeisance. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) ii. 703 The Iewes, together to their Palestine, Which he by force will conquer, & confine To his obeisance. †5. A company of servants. Obsolete.One of many alleged group names found in late Middle English glossarial sources, but not otherwise substantiated. ΚΠ a1450 Terms Assoc. in PMLA (1936) 51 604 (MED) A nobbecians of seruantes. 1471 MS Pepys 1047 in Notes & Queries (1978) Feb. 9/1 An obecyence of seruandys. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. fvj^v An obeisians of seruauntis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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