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Definition of Subservience
1. Noun. The condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan. "All his actions were in subservience to the general plan"
2. Noun. In a subservient state.
Generic synonyms: Subordinateness, Subsidiarity
Derivative terms: Subservient, Subservient
3. Noun. Abject or cringing submissiveness.
Generic synonyms: Submissiveness
Specialized synonyms: Sycophancy
Derivative terms: Obsequious, Obsequious, Servile, Subservient
Definition of Subservience
1. n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.
Definition of Subservience
1. Noun. The state of being subservient. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subservience
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subservience
Literary usage of Subservience
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"... who is that single person, to whom are committed (in subservience to the law
of the land) the care and protection of the community; and to whom, ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1908)
"... who is that single person, to whom are committed (in subservience to the law
of the land) the care and protection of the community; and to whom, ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"1797-8] subservience of the Legislature on the journalists. Before the coup d'état
the Directory had sent repeated Messages demanding stricter laws against ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... who were suspected by their opponents of subservience to the government and
of minimizing in matters of dogma. This feature is very conspicuous, ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... who were suspected by their opponents of subservience to the government and
of minimizing in matters of dogma. This feature is very conspicuous, ..."
6. The Emperor Charles V by Edward Armstrong (1902)
"... appearance, and education—His early betrothal to Mary Tudor—He is declared of
age—His subservience to his minister, the Lord of Chievres—Love affair of ..."
7. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"... Victim—Indecent Exposure—Female Chattel—subservience of the Churches—Divorce—Negro
Wit—Honorable Testimony to the Character »f Southerners—The fortunate ..."
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