[U] respect for sb/sth or willingness to obey sb: to make / pay obeisance to sb
[C] the act of bending your head or the upper part of your body in order to show respect for sb/sth: to make a deep / low obeisance
Example sentences:
The general commands absolute obeisance.
he people paid obeisance to their god by kneeling at the shrine.
shrine
noun / ʃraɪn; ʃraɪn/
~ (to sb/sth)
~ (of sb/sth) a place where people come to worship because it is connected with a holy person or event: a shrine to the Virgin Mary ◆ to visit the shrine of Mecca
~ (to sb/sth)
~ (for sb) a place that people visit because it is connected with sb/sth that is important to them: Wimbledon is a shrine for all lovers of tennis.
Example sentences:
The singer's grave in Paris has become a shrine.
They have turned the room into a shrine to their dead son.
~ (to sb/sth)
~ (of sb/sth) a place where people come to worship because it is connected with a holy person or event: a shrine to the Virgin Mary ◆ to visit the shrine of Mecca
~ (to sb/sth)
~ (for sb) a place that people visit because it is connected with sb/sth that is important to them: Wimbledon is a shrine for all lovers of tennis.
Example sentences:
The singer's grave in Paris has become a shrine.
They have turned the room into a shrine to their dead son.