Both Uses of
homage
in
A Room of One's Own
- Thus they did homage to the convention, which if not implanted by the other sex was liberally encouraged by them (the chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of man) that publicity in women is detestable.†
Chpt 3 *homage = respect or loyalty
- Jane Austen should have laid a wreath upon the grave of Fanny Burney, and George Eliot done homage to the robust shade of Eliza Carter—the valiant old woman who tied a bell to her bedstead in order that she might wake early and learn Greek.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
a show of deep respect or admiration for someone or something -- often through a gesture, artwork, or tribute