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SERV'ICE, n. From L. servitium.

1. In a general sense, labor of body or of body and mind, performed at the command of a superior, or the pursuance of duty, or for the benefit of another. Service is voluntary or involuntary. Voluntary service is that of hired servants, or of contract, or of persons who spontaneously perform something for another's benefit. Involuntary service is that of slaves, who work by compulsion.
2. The business of a servant menial office.
3. Attendance of a servant.
4. Place of a servant actual employment of a servant as, to be out of service.
5. Any thing done by way of duty to a superior.

This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master king Charles.

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Entry for 'Service'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​s/service.html.
 
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