Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Obeisance

Obeisance , noun

[French obéissance obedience, from obéissant. See Obey, and compare Obedience, Abaisance.]

1.
Obedience. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
2.
Deference or homage, or an expression of deference or respect; a bow; a curtsy.
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. — 1 Kings i. 16