单词 | to swear service |
释义 | > as lemmasto swear service b. Feudal allegiance, fealty; profession of allegiance, homage. In later use sometimes more generally: formal commitment or obedience to a person or institution having authority. Now chiefly in to swear service. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > feudal homage or allegiance > [noun] manredOE manshipc1175 homagec1300 manheadc1325 servagec1325 servicec1325 manhood1340 servageryc1425 manrent1442 servitudec1500 trewage1592 homagy1610 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 3865 Þe king wende þo to parys..& alle þe heye men of þe lond þuder come ywis. Hor omage of hom & hor seruise he nom. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 2971 Bot he [sc. the king of France], that wiste nothing why He scholde do so gret servise After the world in such a wise, Withstod the wrong of that demande. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 918 Þis freke all his franche of Ph[ilip] he haldis, And was a suget to him-selfe & serues him aȝt. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiv. 325 And I shall holde you quyte of all the servyse that ye owe me, & your eyres also, for evermore. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 38 Gyvyng..to theyr pryncys & lordys al humbul servyce & meke obedyence. 1589 T. Gates in Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. Ep. Ded. sig. A2v I thought it my bounden duetie, hauing professed my seruice to your Lordship before all men, to dedicate the same rather vnto your Lordship then to anie other. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 23 Vpon your oath of seruice to the Pope. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 34 Your Nobles will not heare you, but are gone To offer seruice to your enemy. View more context for this quotation 1712 T. Bray Papal Usurpation & Persecution i. 12 All Kings and Emperors owe the Pope Service and Fealty. 1832 J. F. Cooper Heidenmauer I. v. 86 No sooner was one of these local lords firmly established in his hold, by receiving service and homage from the husbandmen, than [etc.]. 1887 West Shore (Portland, Oregon) Dec. 876/1 The members [of the militia companies] did not, however, take the oath of service to the state. 1929 Derby Daily Tel. 15 July 1/6 His Lordship inquired whether a policeman was a servant of the Crown. Did he take an oath of service to the Crown? 1997 E. Levin tr. N. Pushkareva Women in Russ. Hist. iii. 130 Peter..established special Guards regiments that swore service directly to her [sc. the Empress Catherine]. < as lemmas |
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