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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
obeisance
    n 1: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
         submission or shame or greeting [syn: bow, bowing,
         obeisance]
    2: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with
       respect to another person [syn: obedience, obeisance]
       [ant: disobedience, noncompliance]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Obeisance \O*bei"sance\, n. [F. ob['e]issance obedience, fr.
   ob['e]issant. See Obey, and cf. Obedience, Abaisance.]
   1. Obedience. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Deference or homage, or an expression of deference or
      respect; a bow; a curtsy.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

            Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. --1
                                                  Kings i. 16.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Obeisance
   homage or reverence to any one (Gen. 37:7; 43:28).
   

Thesaurus Results for Obeisance:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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