subjection

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1. subjection - Noun

2. subjection - Adjective

Meaning

The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.

The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws.

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And that the proofs that the times had come, would lie in the ceasing of the Mosaic worship, the desolation of Jerusalem and its Temple, and the subjection of the whole Jewish race to its enemies. Source: Internet

If there were no fixed cult, no subjection to the Church, where should we be? Source: Internet

On the other hand, Hanseatic merchants could also come from settlements without German town law —the premise for league membership was birth to German parents, subjection to German law, and a commercial education. Source: Internet

The council, in keeping with Agatho's letter, defined that Jesus Christ possessed two energies and two wills but that the human will was 'in subjection to his divine and all-powerful will'. Source: Internet

The end result was the diminishment of human nature and its subjection to death and corruption, an event commonly referred to as the "fall of man". Source: Internet

The exact nature of their subjection to the Spartans is not clear, but they seem to have served partly as a kind of military reserve, partly as skilled craftsmen and partly as agents of foreign trade. Source: Internet

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