obsequious
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A top-ranked member — her friend Lauren Salzman — invited Edmondson to Albany, where she was inducted into “Dominus Obsequious Sororium,” a secretive women’s subgroup.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2019
According to criminal indictments and reports from former members, a sub-organization — a kind of cult-within-a-cult — was founded called Dominus Obsequious Sororium, or DOS, which roughly translates to “lord over the obedient female companions.”
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2018
Obsequious devotion to something that does not yet exist.
From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2015
Obsequious waiters serve tea and cookies for occasional visitors.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2012
Obsequious, cold, worldly-minded, and correct, was Mr. Trevethlan Pendarrel.
From Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy
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