Put them in mind to be subject to principalities.
Titus iii. 1.
Syn. -- Liable; subordinate; inferior; obnoxious; exposed. See Liable.
Sub*ject", n. [From L. subjectus, through an old form of F. sujet. See
Subject, a.] 1. That which is placed under the authority, dominion,
control, or influence of something else.
2. Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is
governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a
sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a
subject of the United States.
Was never subject longed to be a king, As I do long and wish to be
a subject.
Shak.
The subject must obey his prince, because God commands it, human
laws require it.
Swift.
In international law, the term subject is convertible with citizen.
3. That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or
process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of
dissection.
4. That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is
taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.
"This subject for heroic song." Milton.
Make choice of a subject, beautiful and noble, which . . . shall
afford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate.
Dryden.
The unhappy subject of these quarrels.
Shak.
5. The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief
character.
Writers of particular lives . . . are apt to be prejudiced in favor
of their subject.