homage

 
Pronunciation: /ˈhɒmɪdʒ/

noun

[mass noun]
  • special honour or respect shown publicly: many villagers come here to pay homage to the Virgin [count noun]: Daniel’s films were a homage to her
  • historical formal public acknowledgement of feudal allegiance: a man doing homage to his personal lord

Origin:

Middle English: Old French, from medieval Latin hominaticum, from Latin homo, homin- 'man' (the original use of the word denoted the ceremony by which a vassal declared himself to be his lord's ‘man’)