serviture

English

Noun

serviture

1. (obsolete) servants collectively, the serving class
   • 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

References

• “serviture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• retrusive

Latin

Participle

servītūre

1. vocative masculine singular of servītūrus

Middle English

Noun

serviture

1. Alternative form of servitour