Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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SERVIL'ITY,
1. Slavery; the condition of a slave or bondman.
To be a queen in bondage is more vile
Than is a slave in base servility. Shak.
2. Mean submission; baseness; slavishness.
3. Mean obsequiousness; slavish deference; as the common servility to custom; to copy manners or opinions with servility.
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