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▪ I. † ˈserment Obs. Also 5 serement. [a. OF. ser(e)ment, sairement:—L. sacrāmentum.] An oath.
a1325tr. Stat. Westm. ii. xlvii. (MS. Rawl. B 520, lf. 27), Ant te lord king aioinez to alle his Iustises in fei and in serment..þat [etc.]. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. vii. (Skeat) l. 52 To make a trewe serment. 1422Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. xv. 143 Kepe thy feyth, thyn vndyrtakynges, and thy Serementz. 1494Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 21 If..it be found, that the Pety Jury have given a false Serement. 1549Compl. Scot. xv. 136 This serment vas veil maid & bettir kepit. ▪ II. serment obs. form of sermon. |