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Brewer's: Servus Servorum
(Latin). The slave of slaves, the drudge of a servant. The style adopted by the Roman pontiffs ever since the time of Gregory the Great is Servus Servorum Die. “Alexander episcopus, servus…bull, papal letter
(Encyclopedia) bull [Lat. bulla=leaden seal], papal letter. As the diplomatic organization of the papal chancery progressed in the Middle Ages, the papal bull came to be more solemn than the papal…Brewer's: Serve
I'll serve him out—give a quid pro quo. This is the French server, to do an ill turn to one. To serve a rope. To roll something upon it to prevent it from being fretted. The “service” or…Brewer's: Sesame
(3 syl.). Oily grain of the natural order Pedaliaceae, originally from India. In Egypt they eat sesame cakes, and the Jews frequently add the seed to their bread. The cakes made of sesame…Brewer's: Poke
A bag, pouch, or sack. Poke A lazy person, a loafer, a dawdler. Poke To thrust or push against; to thrust or butt with the horns. Also to busy oneself without any definite object. “…Brewer's: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: S
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z S S.P.Q.R S.S. Collar S.S.S S.T.P Saadia Sabbath Sabbath of Sound Sabbathians…Trending
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