servientn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsəːvɪənt/, U.S.

/ˈsərviənt/

Forms: 1500s–1600s seruient, 1600s– servient.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin servient-, serviēns, servīre.

Etymology: As noun < classical Latin servient-, serviēns slave, servant, use as noun of servient-, serviēns, present participle of servīre serve v.¹; as adjective < servient-, serviēns, present participle (also used as adjective). Compare earlier servant n., servant adj., and also earlier serving adj.With sense B. 2 compare slightly earlier subservient adj.

A. n.

A person in a subordinate or subservient position; a servant (in various senses). rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun]

esnec950

hindc1230

servant1340

servitor1419

ministrer?a1425

servera1425

myrona1450

obeisantc1475

servient1541

lout1567

squire1570

roguea1616

administer1677

minion1820

ancillary1867

sweater1900

1541 in R. E. G. Kirk & E. F. Kirk Returns of Aliens (1900) I. 40 John Slenes, seruient to Spencer.

1604 A. Craig Poet. Ess. sig. D3 Thine owne poore friend and seruient, Craige.

c1615 J. Boys Wks. (1629) 436 But in generall onely you se that Angels are seruients vnto God, and his people.

1872 J. W. Wallace Cases Supreme Court U.S. 13 51 We have here the ‘servients’..of the old seignorial system. The servients in this case are all the inhabitants in any manner using animals brought to the markets for sale or for slaughter.

1955 Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 5 268 The term for the royal servients was žam 'briṅ.

B. adj.

1. Law (orig. Scottish).

a. Designating (a holding of) land whose owner is subject to an easement or servitude favouring the owner of a dominant property or tenement. Cf. dominant adj. 3.Occasionally (as in quot. 1864) in extended use.

ΚΠ

1565 MS Edinb. Univ. La. III. 388a f. 20, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Servient adj. Nather may the defendar..be hard to give in ony vtheris defensis bot alanerlie exceptionis aganis the witnesis as affinite consanguinitie seruient tenendrie and siclyke.

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (1693) ii. vii. 287 A Watergang is a Servitude, of conveying Water thorow the servient Ground, for the use of the Dominant.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. ix. 208 The owner of the servient tenement was not obliged in a servitude of support to repair it, unless [etc.].

1829 Jurist 2 388 Continual servitudes are..extinguished by non-user of 10 and 20 years, but only when the owner of the servient estate has done an act adverse to the servitude.

1864 R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan III. iv. xiii. 48 His great fear was, that the..Della Croce estates should become a servient tenement to the frozen fields of the North.

1891 Northeastern Reporter 26 505/2 Even if it should be admitted that there is an easement which renders the east half of lot 9 servient to the lots adjoining it on the east, that fact would have no tendency to establish [etc.].

1946 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 13 202 The right to the annual payment was a profit, and could be severed from the servient estate.

1994 Oxf. Law Dict. 310/1 Profit à prendre, the right to take soil, minerals, or produce (such as wood, turf, or fish) from another's land (the servient tenement) or to graze animals on it.

b. Designating the tenant of a servient property or tenement.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by service or allegiance

vassala1400

homagerc1425

tenant by the verge1607

virgea1616

servient1813

1813 J. Headrick Gen. View Agric. Angus 226 The proprietors of this county..have..compounded with other servient proprietors, so as to relieve their tenants also.

1859 J. B. Phear Treat. Rights of Water 65 The relation of dominant and servient owners has long subsisted between the parties, without a deed of grant ever having actually existed, to give it a legal commencement.

1940 Calif. Law Rev. 28 645 Neither may the servient owner make material alterations of the easement.

2015 Times 12 June (Bricks & Mortar section) 9/3 The person with the right to use the way (known as the ‘dominant owner’) may repair the way, but he cannot then require the servient owner to contribute to the cost.

2. That performs a service; serving. Also: subordinate, subject; = subservient adj. 1. Somewhat rare except in legal contexts (see sense B. 1).

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

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [adjective]

bricheeOE

behovelyc950

bihevec975

nutOE

behovingc1175

behovesomec1330

noteful1372

helpfulc1384

serviceablea1393

nait?a1425

meet?a1439

steadable1467

opportunea1475

utile?1483

of service1559

good1577

deservient1578

steadful1585

useful1596

servient1606

handy1616

utible1623

utilious1652

lucky1703

functional1808

utility1895

eufunctional1963

1606 A. Craig Amorose Songes sig. G.vii Let me rise or fall, Or sinke or swim, I am thy seruient thrall.

1650 T. Bayly Herba Parietis 3 A liberall fountaine, which was no lesse servient to the grotts for waterworks, then to the house for use.

1724 D. Waterland Farther Vindic. Christ's Divinity 120 This celebrated Father is full and express, in his famous Creed, against any thing created, or servient, in the Trinity.

1775 J. Tait Land of Liberty xxxvi. 19 Avarice usurp'd the throne, By whom a tribe of servient fiends were led.

a1802 T. Dermody Harp of Erin (1807) II. 38 Mystic melodies of measur'd sound That wild'ring, lead the servient passions round.

1892 T. Watts in Athenæum 2 Apr. 436/2 She..endows men..with two different kinds of personality, the dominant and the servient.

1941 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 6–8 Mar. (1995) 49 No intent necessarily to deceive: sheer instinct: the servient, helpmeet instinct, generously warmed by desire and young blood.

1992 J. D. C. McConnell in G. D. Price & N. L. Ross Stability of Minerals (1999) vi. 232 The picture which we present of an IC [= incommensurate] structure implies that it is always likely to be associated with a dominant symmetry-point transformation. Close to the transition temperature the existence of a second, or servient, structure acts to [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	servient
释义	servientn.adj. Brit. /ˈsəːvɪənt/, U.S. /ˈsərviənt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s seruient, 1600s– servient. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin servient-, serviēns, servīre. Etymology: As noun < classical Latin servient-, serviēns slave, servant, use as noun of servient-, serviēns, present participle of servīre serve v.¹; as adjective < servient-, serviēns, present participle (also used as adjective). Compare earlier servant n., servant adj., and also earlier serving adj.With sense B. 2 compare slightly earlier subservient adj. A. n. A person in a subordinate or subservient position; a servant (in various senses). rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] esnec950 hindc1230 servant1340 servitor1419 ministrer?a1425 servera1425 myrona1450 obeisantc1475 servient1541 lout1567 squire1570 roguea1616 administer1677 minion1820 ancillary1867 sweater1900 1541 in R. E. G. Kirk & E. F. Kirk Returns of Aliens (1900) I. 40 John Slenes, seruient to Spencer. 1604 A. Craig Poet. Ess. sig. D3 Thine owne poore friend and seruient, Craige. c1615 J. Boys Wks. (1629) 436 But in generall onely you se that Angels are seruients vnto God, and his people. 1872 J. W. Wallace Cases Supreme Court U.S. 13 51 We have here the ‘servients’..of the old seignorial system. The servients in this case are all the inhabitants in any manner using animals brought to the markets for sale or for slaughter. 1955 Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 5 268 The term for the royal servients was žam 'briṅ. B. adj. 1. Law (orig. Scottish). a. Designating (a holding of) land whose owner is subject to an easement or servitude favouring the owner of a dominant property or tenement. Cf. dominant adj. 3.Occasionally (as in quot. 1864) in extended use. ΚΠ 1565 MS Edinb. Univ. La. III. 388a f. 20, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Servient adj. Nather may the defendar..be hard to give in ony vtheris defensis bot alanerlie exceptionis aganis the witnesis as affinite consanguinitie seruient tenendrie and siclyke. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (1693) ii. vii. 287 A Watergang is a Servitude, of conveying Water thorow the servient Ground, for the use of the Dominant. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. ix. 208 The owner of the servient tenement was not obliged in a servitude of support to repair it, unless [etc.]. 1829 Jurist 2 388 Continual servitudes are..extinguished by non-user of 10 and 20 years, but only when the owner of the servient estate has done an act adverse to the servitude. 1864 R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan III. iv. xiii. 48 His great fear was, that the..Della Croce estates should become a servient tenement to the frozen fields of the North. 1891 Northeastern Reporter 26 505/2 Even if it should be admitted that there is an easement which renders the east half of lot 9 servient to the lots adjoining it on the east, that fact would have no tendency to establish [etc.]. 1946 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 13 202 The right to the annual payment was a profit, and could be severed from the servient estate. 1994 Oxf. Law Dict. 310/1 Profit à prendre, the right to take soil, minerals, or produce (such as wood, turf, or fish) from another's land (the servient tenement) or to graze animals on it. b. Designating the tenant of a servient property or tenement. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by service or allegiance vassala1400 homagerc1425 tenant by the verge1607 virgea1616 servient1813 1813 J. Headrick Gen. View Agric. Angus 226 The proprietors of this county..have..compounded with other servient proprietors, so as to relieve their tenants also. 1859 J. B. Phear Treat. Rights of Water 65 The relation of dominant and servient owners has long subsisted between the parties, without a deed of grant ever having actually existed, to give it a legal commencement. 1940 Calif. Law Rev. 28 645 Neither may the servient owner make material alterations of the easement. 2015 Times 12 June (Bricks & Mortar section) 9/3 The person with the right to use the way (known as the ‘dominant owner’) may repair the way, but he cannot then require the servient owner to contribute to the cost. 2. That performs a service; serving. Also: subordinate, subject; = subservient adj. 1. Somewhat rare except in legal contexts (see sense B. 1). 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 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [adjective] bricheeOE behovelyc950 bihevec975 nutOE behovingc1175 behovesomec1330 noteful1372 helpfulc1384 serviceablea1393 nait?a1425 meet?a1439 steadable1467 opportunea1475 utile?1483 of service1559 good1577 deservient1578 steadful1585 useful1596 servient1606 handy1616 utible1623 utilious1652 lucky1703 functional1808 utility1895 eufunctional1963 1606 A. Craig Amorose Songes sig. G.vii Let me rise or fall, Or sinke or swim, I am thy seruient thrall. 1650 T. Bayly Herba Parietis 3 A liberall fountaine, which was no lesse servient to the grotts for waterworks, then to the house for use. 1724 D. Waterland Farther Vindic. Christ's Divinity 120 This celebrated Father is full and express, in his famous Creed, against any thing created, or servient, in the Trinity. 1775 J. Tait Land of Liberty xxxvi. 19 Avarice usurp'd the throne, By whom a tribe of servient fiends were led. a1802 T. Dermody Harp of Erin (1807) II. 38 Mystic melodies of measur'd sound That wild'ring, lead the servient passions round. 1892 T. Watts in Athenæum 2 Apr. 436/2 She..endows men..with two different kinds of personality, the dominant and the servient. 1941 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 6–8 Mar. (1995) 49 No intent necessarily to deceive: sheer instinct: the servient, helpmeet instinct, generously warmed by desire and young blood. 1992 J. D. C. McConnell in G. D. Price & N. L. Ross Stability of Minerals (1999) vi. 232 The picture which we present of an IC [= incommensurate] structure implies that it is always likely to be associated with a dominant symmetry-point transformation. Close to the transition temperature the existence of a second, or servient, structure acts to [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1541
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