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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Servitioun, n. [L. servitium the condition of a slave, slavery, servitude.] = Service n. 1. The obligation of loyalty owed by a vassal or the like. —1568 Haddington Mem. II 277.
Charging all sic … hes bene participant … with the saidis traytouris … that they … returne to our obedience … to gif thair new aithes … and resave forder ordour as salbe adjoynit and appointit for seruitioun of thame in ther detfull obedience in tyme cuming
