OBEISANCE

PRONUNCIATION: (o-BAY/BEE-sans)

MEANING: noun:
1. A gesture of submission, such as a curtsy.
2. Deference or homage.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French obeissance, from obeir (to obey), from Latin oboedire (to obey, to listen to), from ob- (toward) + audire (to hear). Ultimately from the Indo-European root au- (to perceive), which also gave us audio, audit, obey, auditorium, anesthesia, aesthetic, synesthesia, and clairaudience. Earliest documented use: 1382.
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OBEISEANCE - the spirits you summon will do your bidding !

KOBE IS A NCE - your basketball star is a non-commissioned enlistee

OBEISANE - no, old Ben Kenobi isn't crazy at all