SERAPHICAL
SERAPH'ICAL,1. Pertaining to a seraph; angelic; sublime; as seraphic purity; seraphic fervor.2. Pure; refined from sensuality.3. Burning or inflamed with love or zeal. Thus St. ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SERAPHIM
SER'APHIM, noun [the Hebrew plural of seraph.] Angels of the highest order in the celestial hierarchy. [It is sometimes improperly written seraphims.]
SERASKIER
SERAS'KIER, noun A Turkish commander or general of land forces.
SERASS
SERASS' noun A fowl of the East Indies, of the crane kind.
SERE
SERE, adjective Dry; withered; usually written sear, which see.SERE, noun A claw or talon. [Not in use.]
SERENADE
SERENA'DE, noun [from Latin serenus, clear, serene.]1. Properly, music performed in a clear night; hence, an entertainment of music given in the night by a lover to his mistress...
SERENATA
SERENA'TA, noun A vocal piece of music on an armorous subject.
SERENE
SERE'NE, adjective [Latin serenus; Heb. Ch. Syr. Ar. to shine. Class Sr. No. 2. 23.47.]1. Clear or fair, and calm; as a serene sky; serene air; Serene imports great purity.2. Br...
SERENELY
SERE'NELY, adverb1. Calmly; quietly.The setting sun now shown serenely bright. Pope.2. With unruffled temper; colly.
SERENENESS
SERE'NENESS, noun The state of being serene; serenity.
SERENITUDE
SEREN'ITUDE, noun Calmness. [Not in use.]
SERENITY
SEREN'ITY, noun [Latin serenitas.]1. Clearness and calmness; as the serenity of the air or sky.2. Calmness; quietness; stillness; peace.A general peace and serenity newly succee...
SERF
SERF, noun [Latin servus.] A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries, attached to the soil and transferred with it. The serfs in Poland are slaves.
SERGE
SERGE, noun A wollen quilted stuff manufactured in a loom with four treddles, after the manner of ratteens.
SERGE-MAKER
SERGE-MAKER, noun A manufacturer of serges.
SERGEANT
SERGEANT, nouns'arjent. [Latin serviens, serving, for so was this word written in Latin.]1. Formerly, an officer in England, nearly answering to to the more modern bailif of the...
SERGEANTRY
SERGEANTRY, nouns'arjentry. In england, sergeantry is of two kinds; grand sergeantry and petit sergeantry. Grand sergeantry, is a particular kind of knight service, a tenure by ...
SERGEANTSHIP
SERGEANTSHIP, nouns'argentship. The office of a sergeant.
SERICEOUS
SERI''CEOUS, adjective [Latin sericus, from sericum, silk.] Pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky. In botany, covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; ...
SERIES
SE'RIES, noun [Latin this word probably belongs to the Shemetic, the primary sense of which is to stretch or strain.]1. A continued succession in the things of the same order, a...
SERIN
SER'IN, noun A songbird of Italy and Germany.
SERIOUS
SE'RIOUS, adjective [Latin serius.]1. Grave in manner or disposition; solemn; not light, gay or volatile; as a serious man; a serious habit or disposition.2. Really intending wh...
SERIOUSLY
SE'RIOUSLY, adverb Gravely; solemnly; in earnest; without levity. One of the first duties of a rational being is to inquire seriously why he was created, and what he is to do to...
SERIOUSNESS
SE'RIOUSNESS, noun1. Gravity of manner or of mind; solemnity. He spoke with great serioulness, or with an air of seriousness.2. Earnest attention, particularly to religious conc...
SERMOCINATION
SERMOCINA'TION, noun Speech-making. [Not used.]
SERMOCINATOR
SERMOCINA'TOR, noun One that makes sermons or speeches. [Not in use.]
SERMON
SER'MON, noun1. A discourse delivered in public by a licensed clergymen for the purpose of religious instruction, and usually grounded on some text or passage of Scripture. Serm...