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Definition of Subserviency
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subserviency
Literary usage of Subserviency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"Mrs. Helen Gardener on the Inheritence of subserviency. ... Her thesis is that "
self-abnegation, subserviency to man, whether he be father, lover, ..."
2. The History of the Church of Christ: Intended as a Continuation of the Work by John Scott (1829)
"Its subserviency to Rome. Oct. 28. Nov. 12 Nov. 26. have that respect and esteem
for it as is ... subserviency of the council to the pope and court of Rome. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"The ninth property is that of subserviency to Proper^ 9. compensation. This property
of punishment, ..."
4. Political Philosophy by Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1849)
"'s Judicial Murders — Henry VII. and VIII. compared — Edward Vl.'t Reign —
subserviency of Mary's Parliament — Privy Council Jurisdiction ; Star Chamber ..."
5. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"... subserviency. THE return of Boswell to town to his task of noting down the
conversations of Johnson, enables us to glean from his journal some scanty ..."
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