pay homage to

pay homage to someone or something

to openly honor or worship someone or something. Do you expect me to pay homage to your hero? I refuse to pay homage to your principles.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Peleg	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Viking	VEE-king (Swedish), VEE-keeng (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish
KatrĖ	-	Lithuanian
Akio	ah-kee-o	Japanese
Rose	[rəuz]
Coralie	-	French