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  • noun A member of the Servite Order, one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders.

Etymologies

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Italian servita.

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Examples

  • I also spent one year at a Roman Catholic boarding school in the countryside called Servite Convent of the Assumption School for Girlsthis was a private and quite exclusive Catholic school (with a few local day students) and was a bit like the school I describe Ida as attending in the novel.

    Margaret Cezair-Thompson - An interview with author 2010

  • However, I did meet some wonderful girls at Servite (the catholic boarding school) and enjoyed being in the country.

    Margaret Cezair-Thompson - An interview with author 2010

  • In this manner developed, shortly after the foundation of the Servite Order, the Confraternity of the Servi B.

    Archive 2009-07-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • The vocation to the spiritual motherhood of priests is also compatible with the spirituality and obligations of Benedictine Oblates and of those who belong to one or another of the Third Orders: Franciscan, Dominican, Carmelite, Servite, etc.

    A Little Catechism on Spiritual Motherhood for Priests Esther 2009

  • The vocation to the spiritual motherhood of priests is also compatible with the spirituality and obligations of Benedictine Oblates and of those who belong to one or another of the Third Orders: Franciscan, Dominican, Carmelite, Servite, etc.

    Archive 2009-02-08 Esther 2009

  • She also spent a year at a Roman Catholic boarding school in the countryside called Servite Convent of the Assumption

    Margaret Cezair-Thompson biography 2007

  • The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows was first celebrated in 1244 A.D. as a devotion and meditation of the seven founders of the Servite Order, to help focus attention on the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

    Our Lady of the Sorrows – Nuestra Señora de los Dolores 2006

  • The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows was first celebrated in 1244 A.D. as a devotion and meditation of the seven founders of the Servite Order, to help focus attention on the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

    Our Lady of the Sorrows – Nuestra Señora de los Dolores 2006

  • The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows was first celebrated in 1244 A.D. as a devotion and meditation of the seven founders of the Servite Order, to help focus attention on the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

    Our Lady of the Sorrows – Nuestra Señora de los Dolores 2006

  • In his talk, the recently deceased Catalan Servite priest Fr.

    Archive 2008-08-17 papabear 2008

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