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A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.
The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.
Alt. of Service
Service due from a bordar; bordage.
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n.
The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord.
v. i.
A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
n.
Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.
a.
Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.
n.
A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
v. i.
To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.
n.
The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.
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A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.
v. t.
To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
a.
Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.
n.
A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty.
a.
One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
n.
The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.
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One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
n.
One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
v. t.
That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
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