Definition of Subserviency

1. Noun. The state of being subservient; subservience. ¹

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Definition of Subserviency

1. [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subserviency

subsequentially
subsequently
subsequentness
subsequents
subsere
subseres
subseries
subserous
subserve
subserved
subserves
subserviate
subservience
subserviences
subserviencies
subserviency (current term)
subservient
subserviently
subservientness
subserving
subsessile
subset
subsets
subshaft
subshafts
subshell
subshells
subshift
subshifts

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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