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† servitute Obs.
Also 4, 6 servitut, 5–6 servytute.
[a. OF. servitute, -uit, or ad. L. servitūt-em (servitūs), f. serv-us slave.]
Servitude, slavery. lit. and fig.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints ii. (Paulus) 866 Seruitut or thrildome. c1386Chaucer Clerk's T. 742 In gret lordshipe, if I wel avyse, Ther is gret servitute in sondry wyse. 1390Gower Conf. II. 182 Bot Pharao with wrong hem ladde In servitute ayein the pes. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 51 Ynglonde was redacte iiij. tymes into servitute. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W.) 83 Whan virginite is vnder the seruytute or bondage of elacyon or pryde. 1533Gau Richt Vay (1888) 95 Giff vsz grace to dant our bodis and to subiect thayme in seruitut. 1546Bale 1st Exam. Askew 40, A verye servitute of ægipte is it, to be in daunger of these papystyck Byshoppes. |