Another word for servitude
A state of subjugation to an owner or master
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A state of subjugation to an owner or master
Capital punishment was abolished in 1877, penal servitude for life being substituted.
the stole is his obedience and servitude for our sakes; (3) the allegorical school, which treats the priest as a warrior or champion, who puts on the amice as a helmet, the alb as a breastplate, and so on.
There are no vindictive punishments, such as a solitary confinement, penal servitude for long terms of years, &c. Seldom, indeed, is a man imprisoned more than twelve months, the rule being that there is a general jail delivery at the New Year.
Among other internal reforms the abolition of the last traces of servitude in 1289, and the increase in the number of arti, first to 12 and then to 21 (7 maggiori and 14 minori) must be mentioned.
As for penal servitude, the punishment reserved for the gravest offences, great changes had been introduced.