: a member of the mendicant Order of Servants of Mary founded in Florence, Italy, in 1233
Serviteadjective
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Servita, from Medieval Latin servus "servant" (after the order's Latin name Ordo Servorum Beatae Mariae Virginis "Order of the Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary") + -ita -ite entry 1 — more at serve entry 1