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Meaning of "obeisance" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OBEISANCE

From Old French obéissant, present participle of obéir to obey.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OBEISANCE

obeisance  [əʊˈbeɪsəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBEISANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obeisance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OBEISANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

obeisance

Salute

A salute is a gesture or other action used to display respect. Salutes are primarily associated with armed forces, but other organisations and civil people also use salutes. Lieutenant, Junior Grade Shaina Hayden of the United States Navy, performs a military hand salute in November 2008. Pakistan army soldiers with the Pakistan 67th Medical Battalion salute during a transfer of authority ceremony with U.S. Army soldiers of the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. Scouting leader and a new Scout exchange salutes, March 2010, Mexico City, Mexico.

Definition of obeisance in the English dictionary

The definition of obeisance in the dictionary is an attitude of deference or homage. Other definition of obeisance is a gesture expressing obeisance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBEISANCE


adjacence
əˈdʒeɪsəns
beneficence
bɪˈnɛfɪsəns
complacence
kəmˈpleɪsəns
concupiscence
kənˈkjuːpɪsəns
connascence
kəˈneɪsəns
impuissance
ɪmˈpjuːɪsəns
licence
ˈlaɪsəns
license
ˈlaɪsəns
magnificence
mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns
maleficence
mæˈlɛfɪsəns
menaissance
məˈneɪsəns
nascence
ˈneɪsəns
puissance
ˈpjuːɪsəns
reconnaissance
rɪˈkɒnɪsəns
relicense
riːˈlaɪsəns
reminiscence
ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsəns
renaissance
rəˈneɪsəns
reticence
ˈretɪsəns
reviviscence
ˌrɛvɪˈvɪsəns
sublicense
sʌbˈlaɪsəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBEISANCE

obeah
obeahism
obeche
obedience
obedient
obediential
obedientiaries
obedientiary
obediently
obeisant
obeisantly
obeism
obeli
obelia
obelion
obeliscal
obeliscoid
obelise
obelisk
obeliskoid

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBEISANCE

advance
chevisance
cognisance
complaisance
conversance
defeasance
Early Renaissance
High Renaissance
malfeasance
misfeasance
nonfeasance
nuisance
pleasance
public nuisance
recognisance
recusance
suffisance
the Early Renaissance
the High Renaissance
the Renaissance
usance

Synonyms and antonyms of obeisance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OBEISANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «obeisance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of obeisance

Translation of «obeisance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBEISANCE

Find out the translation of obeisance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obeisance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obeisance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obediencia
570 millions of speakers

English

obeisance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रद्धा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إكبار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поклонение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obediência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রণিপাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

révérence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersujud
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ehrerbietung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

敬意
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gaib
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kính trọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரியாதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नमस्कार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hürmet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hołd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поклоніння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

închinat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπακοή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebuig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obeisancen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

obeisance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obeisance

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBEISANCE»

The term «obeisance» is normally little used and occupies the 113.117 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBEISANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obeisance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obeisance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obeisance

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBEISANCE»

Discover the use of obeisance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obeisance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gaṇeśapurāṇa: Krīḍākhaṇḍa
10 >Obeisance! Obeisance to you! Lord of all the worlds. Obeisance! Obeisance to you! Dwelling place of all the worlds. Obeisance! Obeisance to you! Maker of all the worlds. Obeisance! Obeisance to you! Destroyer of all the worlds.
Greg Bailey, 2008
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A prose English translation of Agni Puranam
"I make obeisance to thy emblem of creation, O lord, as manifest in gold ( Kanakalinga, lit :-^a golden phalic emblem), obeisance to thy emblem of creative energy as unfolded in the holy Vedas, obeisance to thy supreme! emblem, obeisance to ...
Manmatha Nath Dutt, 1904
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The Veda of the Black Yajus School: Kāṇḍas 1-3
Vaicvanara on twelve potsherds ; to heaven and earth, saviours from evil, on two potsherds. vii. 5. 28. To ' Agni he made obeisance ; '-' to the earth he made obeisance ; as Agni with the earth made harmony, so for me may favourable ...
‎1914
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Harvard Oriental Series
The Teacher addressed Elder Ananda, "Ananda, as the shadows of evening draw on, the householder Citta will arrive with five hundred carts and will pay obeisance to me." "Reverend Sir, [80] when he pays obeisance to you, will any miracle ...
‎1921
5
The Complete Life of Krishna: Based on the Earliest Oral ...
Aum Gopathaye Namaha! Obeisance to the husband of Earth Aum Govindaya Namaha! Obeisance to the protector of all living beings Aum Sri Gurave Namaha! Obeisance to the guru Aum Haraya Namaha! Obeisance Jagannathaya Namaha!
Vanamali, 2012
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The Yajur Veda:
To Agni he made obeisance; to the earth he made obeisance; as Agni with the earth made harmony, so for me may favourable harmonies be made. To Vayu he made obeisance, to the atmosphere he made obeisance; as Vayu with the ...
Arthur Berriedale Keith,Ralph T.H. Griffith, 2013
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The Yajur Veda(Taittiriya Sanhita):
To Vayu he made obeisance, to the atmosphere he made obeisance; as Vayu with the atmosphere (made harmony, so &c.). To Surya hemade obeisance, tothesky he made obeisance;as Surya with thesky (made harmony,so&c.). To the moon ...
Arthur Berriedale Keith, 2014
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Sri Ganesha
Devantakanashakarinyaya Obeisance to you who is the Destroyer of Namha!! Evils and Demonly qualities!! 18. Aum! Devavrataya Namaha! ! Obeisance to you who accepts all Penances! ! 19. Aum! Devendrashikaya Namaha!! Obeisance to  ...
T.K.Jagannathan, 2009
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All Four Vedas
To Vayu he made obeisance, to the atmosphere he made obeisance; as Vayu with the atmosphere (made harmony, so &c.). To Surya he made obeisance, to the sky he made obeisance; as Surya with the sky (made harmony, so &c.). To the ...
IslamKotob
10
The Weaving of Mantra: K kai and the Construction of ...
(T2O:152a, lines 21-22) Namu issai shobutsu dosan zuiki Namu issai nyorai okuji shugo We make obeisance to all the Buddhas, who equally praise and are rejoiced [by this dharan1]. We make obeisance to all the Tathagatas, who memorize ...
Ryuichi Abe, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBEISANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obeisance is used in the context of the following news items.
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6882 Amarnathji pilgrims pay obeisance at Holy Cave
Srinagar, July 24 (Scoop News)-On the 23rd day of the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra 6882 Yatris paid obeisance at the Holy Cave. Till date 2,86,053 Yatris had ... «Scoop News, Jul 15»
2
The Shoot-Down of Flight MH17: New York Times Enforces Ukraine …
Instead, the Times used the prime opinion-leading real estate of its editorial page to demand obeisance to Official Washington's prevailing ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
3
Mihir S Sharma: The people are silent
... good at their job and reliably “secular”; at worst, they picked people who paid obeisance to power. To compare this to the Left or the Sangh is, ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
4
Sinking feeling: Swelling rivers raise flood fears, again
Locals regard rivers touching Lord Hanuman as an auspicious event and turn out in large number to pay obeisance to the Lord. «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
EXCLUSIVE: We Signed 'Amritsar Declaration' only to Bring Mann …
Along with his supporters, Capt was on his visit to Khadur Sahib where he paid obeisance at Sri Darbar Sahib (Angitha Sahib). A person ... «Sikh24 News & Updates, Jul 15»
6
Bad Boy Mervyn and Good Boy Mervyn
... treats state property as his own, and pays obeisance to whoever calls the shots. For him, politics is all about flattering patrons. Not democracy ... «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Jul 15»
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Confucius says, Xi does
For each obeisance, a master of ceremonies chants a wish, such as for “success in exams” or “peace of the country”. On the other side of the ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
8
The danger of asserting one's rights at the wrong time
... call myself an expert on how a black motorist should conduct himself during a traffic stop to avoid trouble: I reduce myself to abject obeisance. «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
9
Dedicated endeavour
The evening commenced with obeisance to Lord Ganesha, remover of all obstacles, with verses attributed to Agasthya Muni set to a ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Despite rain, yatra going on smoothly, 2.72 lakh pay obeisance
He said 9,128 pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine at 13,500 feet above sea level in Kashmir Himalayas yesterday. Majority of these ... «Web India, Jul 15»

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