servientia

servientia [CL serviens pr. ppl. of servire+-ia] 1 subservience. jura ergo humana includuntur in jure divino, ymo sunt lex Dei, de quanto sunt utilia de ~ia [? l. deserviencia] legi Dei Wycl. Civ. Dom. I 349. 2 serjeanty. 1198 Willelmus filius Ote tenet ‥ in ~ia unam carucatam terre ‥ per servicium servandi signa regis monete (CurR) EHR III 509; c1222 me concessisse ‥ magistralem ~iam de Maclesfelde Ch. Chester 409.