subject state

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All the articles I’ve read on the subject state unequivocally that breastfeeding is what is best for the baby; all the bottle-feeding articles have been directed at women who have tried but cannot breastfeed.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2021

In her subject state, woman has learned piety.

From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring

Livy admits this, but asserts that Capua had formally surrendered to Rome, and as a subject state claimed her protection.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

There is something exhilarating in the very consciousness of your subject state, and in the necessity of measuring your hours by the habit of such a learned community.

From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant

Carthage, Rome, Venice, Genoa, Florence, Pisa, Holland, and republican France, all tyrannized over every province and subject state where they gained authority.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)