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Definition of "obeisances" []

  • Plural form of obeisance. (noun)

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Use "obeisances" in a sentence
  • "After an interval it is commanded to pay its obeisances or in other words, to "salaam," which it does by going right under water."
  • "The pharaoh recalled the obeisances of Herhor, the looks of Mefres, and the tones of voice which both used."
  • "In fact, the Chief Actuary appointed by Ronald Reagan in whose library they met, and to whom they paid the expected obeisances co-wrote a paper last year explaining that the program's relatively minor long-term funding problems can easily be fixed - mainly by lifting the current payroll tax cap, which was established before we saw the massive upward redistribution of income of the last two decades."