Word Finder - tributes

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An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.

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Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.

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A payment made by one nation to another in submission.

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The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.

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Extortion; protection money.

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A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.

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A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.

Few Americans have received higher tributes from foreign authorities.

Besides similar tributes in honour of his brothers and Polyaenus, he directed the trustees to be guardians of the son of Polyaenus and the son of Metrodorus; whilst the daughter of the last mentioned was to be married by the guardians to some member of the society who should be approved of by Hermarchus.

They were subject only to public tributes and the ordinary obligations of free men.

But with the acquisition of the important provinces of Sicily, Spain and Africa, the formation of a tax system based on the tributes of the dependencies became possible.

On March 2 1919 a special edition of this paper was published, containing tributes from his admirers throughout the world.

At every liturgical service, and especially at Mass and at choir services, there must be at least At two lighted tapers on the altar, 2 as symbols of the presence of God and tributes of adoration.

The dye was introduced into Europe from Mexico, where it had been in use long before the entrance of the Spaniards in the year 1518, and where it formed one of the staple tributes to the crown for certain districts.

They paid to him annually certain specified tributes, and might be called out with their military levies at any time in his service.

All over the place are imperial tablets of different dynasties, with glowing tributes to the one man whom China delights to honour; and on the right of the grandson's mound is a small house said to mark the place of the hut where Tze-kung passed his nearly five years of loving vigil.

Thus the ascription to the soil, although originally a consequence of ascription to the tributes (adscriptio censibus), became the mark of the legal status of serfdom.

The temporal chief had his steward who superintended the collection of his rents and tributes; in like manner the coarb of a religious sept had his airchinnech (Anglo-Irish erenach, herenach), whose office was generally, but not necessarily, hereditary.

Wedderburn, is the greatest of all the tributes.

The funeral was an excellent forum for sympathy tributes.

At the time of his death his family was inundated with tributes from even the likes of American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.

And the Game of Death and Street Fighter 2 tributes are simply priceless.

Only family wreaths adorn the graveside while hundreds of floral tributes, scarves and football tops have been moved to a makeshift shrine nearby.

President Marge Carey led the tributes to the two union stalwarts.

Jacksdale School Pupils for laying floral tributes at the memorial.

This friendship appears to have decided Lydgate's career, and in his Troy-book and elsewhere are reverent and touching tributes to his "master."

The revolt of the Ionian allies, and (in 411) the loss of the Hellespontine, Thracian and Island tributes (see Delian League), very seriously crippled her finances.

Of the six parts into which it is divided, the first translates into manysided music the joys and sorrows, the thoughts and fancies, the studies and ardours and speculations of youth; the second, as full of light and colour, grows gradually deeper in tone of thought and music; the third is yet riper and more various in form of melody and in fervour of meditation; the fourth is the noblest of all tributes ever paid by song to sorrow - a series of poems consecrated to the memory of the poet's eldest daughter, who was drowned, together with her husband, by the upsetting of a boat off the coast of Normandy, a few months after their wedding-day, in 1843; the fifth and the sixth books, written during his first four years of exile (all but one noble poem which bears date nine years earlier than its epilogue or postscript), contain more than a few poems unsurpassed and unsurpassable for depth and clarity and trenchancy of thought, for sublimity of inspiration, for intensity of faith, for loyalty in translation from nature, and for tenderness in devotion to truth; crowned and glorified and completed by their matchless dedication to the dead.

But reading all the touching tributes from all your friends here, I wish I had.

These tributes can be simple statements placed on sympathy cards, or they may be long posts placed on an online memorial site.

Caregivers-SIDS tributes can also provide a way for a child's caregiver to express her sorrow at the passing of someone she took care of and loved on a daily basis.

In addition, these tributes offer a way for the caregiver to reach out to the child's family.

Children-SIDS tributes can also serve as a form of therapy for family members, particularly siblings of the deceased child.

By creating small tributes and sharing their feelings with others, they can begin the process of healing.

The tributes they create don't have to be long or elaborate.

These tributes can then become treasured family keepsakes.

Even without the bling inside, jewelry boxes make wonderful tributes.

The couple recently celebrated their five year anniversary by making video tributes to one another.

Throughout his acting career, Pattinson has been recognized with various tributes and awards.

When a celebrity dies of natural causes, there are tributes to be paid and fans mourn the loss of one of their idols.

Tributes to the actor were numerous following his death, both in the U.S. and his native Australia.

Day, who is the top female box-office star of all time, is leading a quiet life now, though tributes continue to pour in.

From details on the death itself to obituaries and tributes, the days following a celebrity death result in a flurry of coverage.

For example, the annual "Elvis Presley" Carnival cruise features the world's best Elvis impersonator tributes, themed activities, in-room Elvis movies, trivia, meet and greet sessions and an Elvis fashion show.

From quiet sunsets and sweet musical tributes to sentimental ceremonies and elegant embellishments, rededicating yourself to your beloved onboard a luxury ocean liner has never been so memorable.

Amusement parks hold many fond memories for the guests who enjoy the excitement they offer, and abandoned amusement parks often live on with tributes, documentaries, and regional histories dedicated to their history.

After the masters compose their songs, fans get to work making their own tributes.

These works of love are completely legal tributes to the great games and composers that have shaped gamers' lives.

Find A Grave also features photographs of tombstones and a memorial, where visitors can leave virtual floral tributes.

Tributes of incense and food offerings are made to family ancestors.

Much of those 3+ hours, of course, are taken up with tear-choked tributes and speeches by the winners who are intent not to leave out mention of anyone on the planet who helped them reach this special milestone.

Maenads expect offerings or tributes from those that sell libations.

She is seeking tributes to summon him, sacrificing hearts and even eating them.

For those who would like to get tattoos as tributes to their fathers, there's a very inspirational Father Tribute gallery.

After her death, a long list of Survivor cast members made tributes to her bravery in facing her disease.

It is true that the king had a revenue, collected by the vicomte and paid into the secretum or treasury - a revenue composed of tolls on the caravans and customs from the ports, of the profits of monopolies and the proceeds of justice, of poll-taxes on Jews and Mahommedans, and of the tributes paid by Mahommedan powers.

Section VII., formed of the tributes of dependencies of which the two principal are the Egyptian, ET765,000, and that of Cyprus, T102,590 (assigned to the public, debt) comprises a total revenue of T871,316.