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ˈeye-ˌservice
[f. eye n.1 + service.]
a. The action or conduct of an eye-servant; service performed only under inspection or under the master's eye.
†b. Service seen by the eye; outward or formal worship.
c. The homage of the eye; respectful and admiring looks. rare.
1526–34Tindale Col. iii. 22 Not with eye service as men pleasers. 1550Crowley Last Trump. 163 Se thou serue him..not wyth eye-seruice fainedly. 1688Delamer Wks. (1694) 26 All their duty will be turned into eye-service. 1736Berkeley Disc. Wks. (1871) III. 417 This [religion] makes men obey, not with eye-service, but in sincerity of heart. 1884J. Hall Chr. Home 55 Servants that can be trusted to give something better than eye-service.
b.1641Milton Reform. i. 2 [To] bring the inward acts of the Spirit to the outward..ey-Service of the body.
c.1869Blackmore Lorna D. lxvi, They [ladies] were worth looking at..but none so well worth eye-service as my own beloved Lorna. |