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释义 | † subditadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. Under the control or authority of; subject or subservient to; dependent, subordinate. Usually with to. Chiefly Scottish in later use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] underheilda1300 underlouta1300 underling?1370 subjecta1382 obeisantc1390 obedienta1398 subditc1430 subordinatec1485 subjugal?c1500 liablec1571 subaltern1581 regardant1583 obnoxious1591 vassal1594 servient1606 subservient1638 succumbent1647 ancillary1667 secondary1667 supposite1677 discretional1776 obedientiary1794 heteronomousa1871 satellite1882 c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 45 So that he myȝte knowe the noumbre of regiouns, of citees, and of the heuedes longynge to hem that weren subdyte to the Emperour of Rome. a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 197 For hym selfe and viij. kynges mo Subdite to hym. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 169 [It] is nocht wele sittand yat a grete lord suld be..subdyt till a symple knycht. a1522 G. Douglas Let. to Wolsey in Poet. Wks. (1874) I. p. cvi He is subdite to the King in France. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 516, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) He directit twa ambassiatouris to Rome to mak obedience in his name & schew him subdit to the sege thareof. 1681 R. Baxter 2nd True Def. Meer Nonconformists vii. 113 All these that are constituted of One Regent and a subdite Part, are called Churches in a Political proper sense. B. n. Originally and chiefly Scottish. A person under the control or authority of another; a subject, a vassal. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [noun] > one subject to authority > of a monarch or ruler subjectc1400 subdit1442 1442 Charter Edinb. Reg. House No. 307 James be the grace of God king of Scottis til al & sindry owr liegis & subditis. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 772 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 278 In þat land, til he lefit, [he] duelt, & with his subditis sa vele delt. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. v. xi. f. 61/1 For administratioun of Iustice to his subdittis. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 59 The kinges vsing suche an equitie,..towarde their subdites. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 222 Eugenie the thrid..was meruellous clement toward his subdites. 1612 in R. S. Barclay Court Bk. Orkney & Shetland (1962) 17 For keiping and retening the haill inhabitantis [of Kirkwall]..in that civile societie amongis thame selffis that becummis peciable and guid subdittis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1430 |
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