noun (rare, formal)
1 [U] respect for sb/sth or willingness to obey sb:
to make / pay obeisance to sb * The general commands absolute obeisance.
2 [C] the act of bending your head or the upper part of your body in order to show respect for sb/sth:
to make a deep / low obeisance
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of obeisance come from?
This entry for obeisance is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does obeisance appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — obeisance appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
