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obeisance

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9 lettersPronunciation /əˈbiː.səns/Part of speech nounSorted abceeinosStarts with OEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

Word origin

From Middle English obeisaunce (“obedience, obeisance”), from Old French obeïssance, derived from obeïssant (“obedient”), participle of obeïr (“to obey”), from Latin oboediō, obēdiō; ob- (“to, for”) + audiō (“to hear”). Cognate with obedience.

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  • 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;

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