bondservant

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

All you see is this kind of Christian-used churchy word "bondservant," which you never hear outside of a biblical reference.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2021

His grandfather, Cao Yin, was an imperial bondservant, an important functionary in the south, who enjoyed high favour with the emperor Kangxi.

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2016

Under the Mosaic law a bondservant could only be held by his master for six years; in the seventh he was 'to go out free for nothing'.

From Standards of Life and Service by Howard, Thomas Henry

Antecedently possessing the μορφὴ of God, He now de novo 'took' the μορφὴ of a bondservant.

From To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)

Have you ever known the thrill of resolving to become the bondservant and the slave of some great cause not your own?

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander