单词 | serviture |
释义 | servituren. Now rare. 1. The state or fact of being a servant (in various senses); servitude, thraldom.rare between the early 16th and late 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] theowdomc893 thralshipc1200 thraldomc1275 thrallhead1297 servagec1300 thrall14.. bondage1330 dangera1375 servicea1382 servitutea1393 thaneheada1400 thrillagec1400 serviturea1422 servitudec1425 thrildomc1480 thirldom1489 thirlage1513 servilityc1530 slavedom1562 serviceage1594 bondmanship1611 bond-service1611 slaverya1616 slavishnessa1620 bond slavery1835 chattelship1857 chattelhood1871 thirl-band1871 thirl-service- a1422 T. Hoccleve Balades to Henry V & Knights Garter l. 22 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 41 The feendes fikilnesse Weeneth..To haue on vs..a sharp shour, And to his seruiture vs knytte and thralle. c1470 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Egerton 2864) (1940) §147 Seruiture [c1405 Hengwrt Ne a fouler thral may no man ne womman make of his body, than for to yeue his body to synne..is he thanne moore foul & moore in seruitute]. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 161 Scho haldis with continwance, No seruiture. 1796 Times 10 Aug. 1/1 (advt.) His Serviture will entitle him to the Freedom of London in one of the first Companies. 1846 W. Hazlitt tr. F. Guizot Hist. Civilization II. xiii. 40 They seemed to fear sometimes the serviture, sometimes the independence. 1915 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 253 The completeness of her serviture and its maintenance down to such recent times would prove powerful enough to stamp marked traits on both male and female characters. 1946 Spectator 4 Jan. 7/1 The struggle against the Germans could be more precisely identified with self-liberation from a long and disgraceful serviture to a shaming régime. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > servants collectively > of a family or household hirdc888 peoplec1330 family1388 folk1577 serviturea1674 familia1729 servantry1784 help1850 a1674 J. Milton in Compl. Wks. (1738) I. p. xliv The Chorus of Shepherds præpare resistance in thire Maister's Defence, calling the rest of the serviture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1422 |
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