Servite
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servite — ⇒SERVITE, subst. masc. RELIG. Religieux membre d un ordre fondé à Florence au XIIIe s. qui unit aux pratiques de l ascétisme les travaux du sacerdoce, notamment la prédication et l apostolat missionnaire. Le général des Servites. Sept marchands… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Servite — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin Servitae, plural, Servites, from Latin servus Date: circa 1550 a member of the mendicant Order of Servants of Mary founded in Florence, Italy, in 1233 • Servite adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Servite — /serr vuyt/, n. Rom. Cath. Ch. a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary. [1540 50; < ML Servites. See SERVE, ITE1] * * * ▪ Roman Catholicism member of Order of the… … Universalium
Servite High School — articleissues laundrylists=April 2008 refimprove=April 2008Infobox Private School background = #f0f6fa border = #ccd2d9 name = Servite High School imagesize = 200px established = 1958 type = Private religion = Roman Catholic ratio = 15:1 head… … Wikipedia
Servite Order — Santissima Annunziata Basilica, Florence, the mother church of the Servite Order The Servite Order is one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders. Its objects are the sanctification of its members, preaching the Gospel, and the propagation … Wikipedia
Servite College — Infobox School name = Servite College imagesize = caption = streetaddress = Cape Street city = Tuart Hill state = Western Australia postalcode = 6060 country = Australia coordinates = denomination = Roman Catholic founder = principal = Philip Cox … Wikipedia
Servite de Marie — Ordre des Servites de Marie Catholicisme Religions sœurs (branches) Catholicisme · Orthodoxie · Protestantisme Spécificités Église catholique romaine · Histoire de l Église catholique romaine Spécificités … Wikipédia en Français
servite — (sèr vi t ) s. m. Membre d un ordre religieux professant une dévotion particulière pour la Vierge, fondé au XIIIe siècle. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. servitae ou servi beatae Mariae, DU CANGE … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Servite — [ sə:vʌɪt] noun a friar or nun of the Catholic religious order of the Servants of Blessed Mary. Origin from med. L. Servitae (plural), from L., from Servi Beatae Mariae, the formal title of the order … English new terms dictionary
servite — ser·vite … English syllables
