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Bond servant
Bond servant Bond" serv`ant
A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.
If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto
thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond
servant: but as an hired servant. --Lev. xxv.
39, 40.
Conservancy
Conservancy Con*serv"an*cy, n.
Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.
[An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the
Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the
Thames and Isis. --Mozley & W.
Conservant
Conservant Con*serv"ant, a. [L. conservans, p. pr.]
Having the power or quality of conservation.
Eyeservant
Eyeservant Eye"serv`ant, n.
A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when
watched.
Inobservance
Inobservance In`ob*serv"ance, a. [L. inobservantia : cf. F.
inobservance.]
Want or neglect of observance. --Bacon.
InobservantInobservant In`ob*serv"ant, a. [L. inobservans. See In- not,
and Observant.]
Not observant; regardless; heedless. --Bp. Hurd. --
In`ob*serv"ant*ly, adv. InobservantlyInobservant In`ob*serv"ant, a. [L. inobservans. See In- not,
and Observant.]
Not observant; regardless; heedless. --Bp. Hurd. --
In`ob*serv"ant*ly, adv. Maidservant
Maidservant Maid"serv`ant, n.
A female servant.
Manservant
Manservant Man"serv`ant, n.
A male servant.
Nonobservance
Nonobservance Non`ob*serv"ance, n.
Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
ObservanceObservance Ob*serv"ance, n. [F. observance, L. observantia.
See Observant.]
1. The act or practice of observing or noticing with
attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; --
usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the
observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict
observance of duties.
It is a custom More honored in the breach than the
observance. --Shak.
2. An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect;
especially, a customary act or service of attention; a
form; a practice; a rite; a custom.
At dances These young folk kept their observances.
--Chaucer.
Use all the observance of civility. --Shak.
Some represent to themselves the whole of religion
as consisting in a few easy observances. --Rogers.
O I that wasted time to tend upon her, To compass
her with sweet observances! --Tennyson.
3. Servile attention; sycophancy. [Obs.]
Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get,
Served with observance. --Chapman.
This is not atheism, But court observance. --Beau. &
Fl.
Syn: Observance, Observation. These words are
discriminated by the two distinct senses of observe. To
observe means (1) to keep strictly; as, to observe a
fast day, and hence, observance denotes the keeping or
heeding with strictness; (2) to consider attentively, or
to remark; and hence, observation denotes either the act
of observing, or some remark made as the result thereof.
We do not say the observation of Sunday, though the word
was formerly so used. The Pharisees were curious in
external observances; the astronomers are curious in
celestial observations.
Love rigid honesty, And strict observance of
impartial laws. --Roscommon. Observancy
Observancy Ob*serv"an*cy, n.
Observance. [Obs.]
ObservandaObservandum Ob*ser`van"dum, n.; pl. Observanda. [L.]
A thing to be observed. --Swift. ObservandumObservandum Ob*ser`van"dum, n.; pl. Observanda. [L.]
A thing to be observed. --Swift. Observant
Observant Ob*serv"ant, n.
1. One who observes forms and rules. [Obs.] --Hooker.
2. A sycophantic servant. [Obs.]
Silly ducking observants, That stretch their duties
nicely. --Shak.
3. (R.C.Ch.) An Observantine.
ObservantineObservantine Ob`ser*van"tine, n. [Fr. observantin.] (R.C.Ch.)
One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to
adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of
the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also
Observants. Observantly
Observantly Ob*serv"ant*ly, adv.
In an observant manner.
ObservantsObservantine Ob`ser*van"tine, n. [Fr. observantin.] (R.C.Ch.)
One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to
adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of
the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also
Observants. Reservance
Reservance Re*serv"ance (r?-z?rv"ans), n.
Reservation. [R.]
ServantServant Serv"ant, n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a &
p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See Serve, and cf.
Sergeant.]
1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on
compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial
offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his
command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the
benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate
helper. ``A yearly hired servant.' --Lev. xxv. 53.
Men in office have begun to think themselves mere
agents and servants of the appointing power, and not
agents of the government or the country. --D.
Webster.
Note: In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and
other agents, are servants for the time they are
employed in such character, as they act in
subordination to others. So any person may be legally
the servant of another, in whose business, and under
whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for
the time being. --Chitty.
2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v.
15.
3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer.
Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of
servitude.
Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of
civility often used in closing a letter.
Our betters tell us they are our humble servants,
but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift. Servant
Servant Serv"ant, v. t.
To subject. [Obs.] --Shak.
Servant of servantsServant Serv"ant, n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a &
p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See Serve, and cf.
Sergeant.]
1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on
compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial
offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his
command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the
benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate
helper. ``A yearly hired servant.' --Lev. xxv. 53.
Men in office have begun to think themselves mere
agents and servants of the appointing power, and not
agents of the government or the country. --D.
Webster.
Note: In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and
other agents, are servants for the time they are
employed in such character, as they act in
subordination to others. So any person may be legally
the servant of another, in whose business, and under
whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for
the time being. --Chitty.
2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v.
15.
3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer.
Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of
servitude.
Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of
civility often used in closing a letter.
Our betters tell us they are our humble servants,
but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift. Servantess
Servantess Serv"ant*ess, n.
A maidservant. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Servantry
Servantry Serv"ant*ry, n.
A body of servants; servants, collectively. [R.]
Underservant
Underservant Un"der*serv`ant, n.
An inferior servant.
Unobservance
Unobservance Un`ob*serv"ance, n.
Want or neglect of observance; inobservance. --Whitlock.
Your humble servantServant Serv"ant, n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a &
p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See Serve, and cf.
Sergeant.]
1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on
compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial
offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his
command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the
benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate
helper. ``A yearly hired servant.' --Lev. xxv. 53.
Men in office have begun to think themselves mere
agents and servants of the appointing power, and not
agents of the government or the country. --D.
Webster.
Note: In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and
other agents, are servants for the time they are
employed in such character, as they act in
subordination to others. So any person may be legally
the servant of another, in whose business, and under
whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for
the time being. --Chitty.
2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v.
15.
3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer.
Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of
servitude.
Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of
civility often used in closing a letter.
Our betters tell us they are our humble servants,
but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift. Your obedient servantServant Serv"ant, n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a &
p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See Serve, and cf.
Sergeant.]
1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on
compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial
offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his
command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the
benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate
helper. ``A yearly hired servant.' --Lev. xxv. 53.
Men in office have begun to think themselves mere
agents and servants of the appointing power, and not
agents of the government or the country. --D.
Webster.
Note: In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and
other agents, are servants for the time they are
employed in such character, as they act in
subordination to others. So any person may be legally
the servant of another, in whose business, and under
whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for
the time being. --Chitty.
2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v.
15.
3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer.
Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of
servitude.
Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of
civility often used in closing a letter.
Our betters tell us they are our humble servants,
but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift.
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