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in (also †to, †under) subjection
in (also †to, †under) subjection: in (into, or under) the dominion or control of a superior power.Originally in sense 2; now felt as belonging to sense 3. [Compare Anglo-Norman a subjectiun, adesuz subjectiun, en subjectiun, Middle French en subjection.]
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society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase]
in (also to, under) subjectiona1387
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 219 (MED) Þe creatures þat were i-ȝeue man to..bere vp febilnesse, to seruise and subiectioun, to merour..of wondres now..fleeþ mannys siȝt and his felawschippe.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 683 Cirus..Of Babiloine al that Empire..Put under in subjeccioun.
c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 380 He..This wide world hadde in subieccioun.
c1475 (?a1439) J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Harl. 2251) in Select. Minor Poems (1840) 90 Of Assurye to rekne the kynges alle, Whiche had that lond under subjeccioune.
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xv. sig. e.viv Lowly submyttynge her, vnder subieccyon.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms viii. 6 Thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete.
?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda iii. i. 148 Till thou hast brought Rhodes in subiection.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 5 To whom I am now in Ward, euermore in subiection. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1128 Both in subjection now To sensual Appetite. View more context for this quotation
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 46 They [sc. the military force] will ever keep the Parliament in subjection to them.
1758 J. Dalrymple Ess. Hist. Feudal Prop. (ed. 2) 3 The modern European colonies are kept in subjection..to their native country.
1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks ii. 111 The Caliph..was in subjection to a family of the old Persian race.
1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. ii. 62 A well-regulated imagination, which is kept in subjection to the judgment.
1993 J. McManners Oxf. Hist. Christianity viii. 287 To the Ranters, sin was an invention of priests and rulers to keep men in subjection.
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