Category:Subservience

Sub*serv"i*ence, sub*serv"i*en*cy, n.

Defn: 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.