They made obeisance to the sultan.obeisanceo‧bei‧sance /əʊˈbeɪsəns $ oʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable] literary 
They made obeisance to the sultan.
WORD ORIGINobeisance
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French obeir; ➔ OBEYEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Alexei completed his obeisance, then sat up.
- In the meantime, let's not forget that icons are not for passive obeisance.
- Joseph saw Tran Van Hieu and his father make their obeisance gravely beside other high-ranking Annamese.
- The grail itself was sin, none other than sin itself; what greater obeisance to Love itself than to part with all?
- Victory is both a felicitous dip of the head and a glorious obeisance towards the changed life that will surely follow it.
- Was she about to make some obeisance to it?
- We all make obeisance to it.
- When they are successful a bell rings and a mechanical buddha lights up and makes a creaky obeisance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They made obeisance to the sultan.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
respect and obedience to someone or something, often shown by bending your head or the upper part of your bodymake/pay obeisance (to somebody/something) They made obeisance to the sultan.· Was she about to make some obeisance to it?· We all make obeisance to it.· When they are successful a bell rings and a mechanical buddha lights up and makes a creaky obeisance.· Joseph saw Tran Van Hieu and his father make their obeisance gravely beside other high-ranking Annamese.
They made obeisance to the sultan.