subserviency

English

Etymology

From subservi(ent) +‎ -ency.[1]

Noun

subserviency (usually uncountable, plural subserviencies)

  1. Alternative form of subservience.
    • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter IV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 47–48:
      At the same time, I would hint, that in all our proceedings the greatest caution and circumspection must be observed; and that every means employed should be in entire subserviency and conformity with the character and temper of her towards whom our views are directed.

References

  1. ^ “subserviency, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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