Subserviency

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subservience \Sub*serv"i*ence\, Subserviency \Sub*serv"i*en*cy\,
     n.
     The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental
     fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's
     purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.
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           The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and
           subserviency to infinite functions.      --Bentley.
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           There is a regular subordination and subserviency among
           all the parts to beneficial ends.        --Cheyne.
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