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# obeisance

«obeisance» in Mova's school dictionary: **A low bow or other sign of respect to someone important** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (obeisances)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal, old use) A low bow or other sign of respect to someone important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obeisance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a servant or visitor bows to a king or lord

### examples

- He made a low obeisance to the queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obeisance/#x1)
- The old man gave an obeisance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obeisance/#x2)
- Everyone paid obeisance to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obeisance/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «obeisance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obeisance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.