homage

IPA: ˈɑmʌdʒ

(countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
(countable) An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style.
(historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.

Examples of "homage" in Sentences

One guy who should pay serious homage is Weird Al - look what Jackson did for him.
A homage is planned later this month in a criterium in Oviedo in his native Asturias in northern Spain.
The Dakota on the West Side looks on with its imperial gaze as stately mansions on avenue 5 pay homage from the east.
One such Tolkenian homage is his book The Science of Middle Earth; he's talking about that on 13 April at Cromer library.
One man grabbed him, Mr. Garr recalls, and said he couldn't prevent them from making such a display, which they called a homage to the dead man.
We are glad to host this evening of some of America's finest fantasy authors in homage to an unclassifiable master of the weird, H.P. Lovecraft.
People who study complexity refer to these moments as lever points in homage to Archimedes, who said that if he had a lever to stand on, that he could raise the world.
By that I mean by paying homage is to stay close to the story, to also have the makeup be a big component, have the actor in the makeup being a big part of the movie and they liked the idea.
Acknowledging the source and not relying on it too heavily comes under the term homage in my book - thus the protagonist in MSFU watching Chinatown on TV is in that realm - though a little too close to the source.