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- noun Obsolete form of
obeisance .
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Etymology: Middle English obeisaunce obedience, obeisance, from Anglo-French obeisance, from obeissant, present participle of obeir to obey
"Americans do not bow to royalty. In my view, when the royal is the ruling tyrant of a despotic regime, the wrong is compounded." Ann Althouse 2009
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Low obeisaunce makyng, lokinge him in the face, 672
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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After humble obeisaunce, the message forth shewe 740
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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