Sub*scrip"tion (?), n.
[L. subscriptio: cf. F.
souscription.]
1. The
act of subscribing.
2. That which is subscribed. Specifically: (a) A paper to which a signature is attached.
(b) The signature attached to a paper. (c) Consent or attestation by underwriting the name. (d) Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.
3. (Eccl.) The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of
Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book
of Common Prayer, required before ordination.
4.
Submission; obedience. [Obs.]
You owe me no subscription.
Shak.
5. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which
contains the direction to the apothecary.
Hear it pronounced