puhekieltä A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
Alexander Pope
I sought no homage from the race that write.
1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
When a man squeezes the hand of a pretty woman, ... she will consider such an impertinent freedom in the light of an insult, if she have any true delicacy, instead of being flattered by this unmeaning homage to beauty.
It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.
puhekieltä An artistic work imitate imitating another in a flattering style. Recently, the pronunciation /oʊˈmɒːʒ/ has been introduced from French for this usage; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.
2002, Dawsons Creek'' (TV, episode 6.01)
He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen.