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obeisance
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synonyms: obsequiousness ???
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Definition:1. Obedience. [Obs.]2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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It spread out its wings, fitted them carefully into place again, ducked its head for a moment, as though making a sort of obeisance to the sun, and then began to pour forth a torrent of song.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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We passed through several apartments, between servants of the same sort, ranked on each side as before, till we came to the chamber of presence; where, after three profound obeisances, and a few general questions, we were permitted to sit on three stools, near the lowest step of his highness’s throne.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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The deck stewards knew them and made obeisance with empressement.
Frances Burnett. The Shuttle (1907)
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“Sir,” said he, with a profound obeisance, proffering the tart at the same time between his thumb and forefinger, “will you so far honour an entire stranger? I can answer for the quality of the pastry, having eaten two dozen and three of them myself since five o’clock.”
Robert Louis Stevenson. The Suicide Club
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The two gentlemen left Rosings the next morning, and Mr. Collins having been in waiting near the lodges, to make them his parting obeisance, was able to bring home the pleasing intelligence, of their appearing in very good health, and in as tolerable spirits as could be expected,
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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the Duchesse de Guermantes, who had at that moment entered the box, came towards her cousin, made a profound obeisance to a young man with fair hair who was seated in the front row,
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 3]
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