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1) Formal acknowledgement of a *vassal's allegiance and *fealty to his lord. Thus the young King Edward III did homage in June 1329 to Philip, the new king of France. But Edward did this as duke of Aquitaine, not as king of England. *Bracton said: 'The nexus between a lord and his tenant through homage is . . . so great and of such quality that the lord owes as much to the tenant as the tenant to the lord, reverence alone excepted.' [Fr. homme = man < Lat. homo = a man + -age = sense of attachment] -

Cf. next; Hold oath; Immixtio manuum

2) The phrase 'the homage' was used as a collective noun, as when all men of a *manor acted in concert for some particular end. For example, consent of the homage was required for the enclosure of land. -

Cf. Homage¹; Villata