Servite
/ˈsəːvʌɪt
/noun
A friar or nun of the Catholic religious order of the Servants of Blessed Mary, founded in 1233.As an aristocratic Florentine order, the Servites naturally appealed to the wealthy patrons of the city....
- Vasari writes that when Perugino completed his Assumption of the Virgin for the high altar, the Servites found it so boring that they turned it to face away from the public congregation space.
- For all these services Piero stipulated that the Servites were to receive seven forms out his thirty-five-form donation.
adjective
Relating to the Servite order.An illegitimate scion of the noble Ariosti family, he entered the Servite monastery in Bologna (as Frate Ottavio) in 1688....
- Poccetti first enters the records of the Servite monastery as early as 1588, as one of their tenants.
- Sarpi, a Servite friar, is best known for his activities as official theologian to the Republic of Venice in 1606.
Origin
From medieval Latin Servitae (plural), from Latin, from Servi Beatae Mariae, the formal title of the order (see above).