258: obeisance Aug 23, 2015
'Obeisance' in the 1300's meant the same thing as 'obedience'.
Anglo-French verb 'obeir', which means 'to obey' ('obeir is also where
the word 'obey' originates). Every current sense of 'obeisance' existed
in the 1300's, however the sense of 'obedience' has not lasted lo these
centuries.