It means gaining admission to the house--and possible not in a menial capacity.

Some just gained experience in a more menial capacity.

He says that if we wish to come, it will be in a menial capacity.

They cannot labour in a menial capacity in the country where they were born and educated to command.

We Gargan are a proud and self-sufficient people and would never dream of waiting on each other in a menial capacity.

When he was twelve he went to sea for the first time in a very menial capacity, a fetch-and-carry boy, even his name lost.

She would not be able to bear living on at Dudley House in a more menial capacity than the one she had held so far.

They never served in a menial capacity.

He's to be give the opportunity to serve the Union here in some menial capacity, without privilege or status.

Religious pacifists are offered the alternative of Government service in a menial capacity for up to five years.