Definition: respectful deference
Usage: pay court to the emperor
Definition: an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
Usage: the house was built around an inner court
Main entry: court
Definition: a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
Usage: players had to reserve a court in advance
Definition: a room in which a lawcourt sits
Usage: television cameras were admitted in the courtroom
Main entry: court
Definition: the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
Usage: the king will visit the duke's court
Main entry: lawcourt, court, court of justice, court of law
Definition: a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
Main entry: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court, court
Definition: a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
Main entry: court, royal court
Definition: the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
Main entry: royal court, court
Definition: the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
Main entry: court, tribunal, judicature
Definition: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
Main entry: Margaret Court, Court
Definition: Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)
Main entry: court, romance, solicit, woo
Definition: make amorous advances towards
Usage: John is courting Mary
Main entry: court
Definition: engage in social activities leading to marriage
Usage: We were courting for over ten years
Definition: seek someone's favor
Usage: China is wooing Russia