SUBSERVIENCE

subservience. Subservience, n. an instrumental use, a fitness

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{ Sub‐serv″i‐ence (?), Sub‐serv″i‐en‐cy (?) }, n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley. There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne.