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obeisances

obeisances is the plural of obeisance.

Meaning of obeisance

Noun

obeisance (countable and uncountable, plural obeisances)

  1. Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
    • In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; / Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC
  2. An obedient attitude.

Questions about obeisances

What is obeisances the plural of?
Obeisances is the plural of obeisance.

Words near obeisances in the dictionary

  1. obedientness
  2. obedients
  3. Obedinsky
  4. obedt
  5. obeisance
  6. obeisances
  7. obeisancies
  8. obeisancy
  9. obeisant
  10. obeisantly
  11. obeisaunce

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