serviture
English
editNoun
editserviture
- (obsolete) servants collectively
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
- The Chorus of shepheards præpare resistance in thire maister's defence ; calling the rest of the serviture
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “serviture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
editLatin
editParticiple
editservītūre
Middle English
editNoun
editserviture
- Alternative form of servitour