658 / 868
S E R
( 5i9 )
S
F.
R
ioto fhnders,
by
the
COUnlS ln:orc:of;
n1::lny
21 ro
came ¡oto
Engl.~nd.
T his order was hf'\\
Cft:r lupl'h
If ...
J by
pope
Jnn(,c~nt
VJLI
\\'ho 1!,we
IlS rc\'t:nl1!'s
and etf.::éls
tO lhAt
(Ir
our
L,tdy
of
R tlhleh~m :
WlllCh
airo
heconllngI..Xtlnl.'l,
t hey
w.:rc: bdh.wcd
O~
the:
I.:.r.I.;;ius
of S, J ono of
Jefu(.l'
Jem. Bu! tht, (upp dlion
di.f
nu.
t<4ke
etf, ét
in
Poland,
whae (he)' Udl
fllblitt.
as
;tl!o
:0
lev.:r d
provlIl';;:s
of
Ccrm,ny. T here eanoos (olloIV the rule o( S.. Augur.
une.
J{" ig~/l.f
ti"
h&
SErULCHRE, • m.Jit"y order, ,H. ·
b.j¡I~cd
in
r
.Iell,,;e .bou t the
Y'"
l'
'4 '
The knigh" o( lhis order in F land..,s chore Phili" I¡ .
k int! of Sp..in, fo r
Ih~ir m~ner
in 1558, and dlteTW,, "ds
his ron: but the gr>nd m.llcr of ,he ord,r 01 M. lr> pre·
v:lIIl~d
on :he l;dl
:0
rt(¡gn: and when
.dh,rw.nds
(he d, ke
of Nevers a{fum ...d rhe fame qualuy
In fr ance. lhe
(ame
Erilnd
mAner,'
by
his
Ir.lcnft
,md credll . procure-d a Ilkc
renunclation of hlm,
and
:.a confirmadon of the uniaD
of
th ls
corot'r
to
,h:.at of
M;tlt.l.
S EQUELS in Seo" l.",. See LAIV. Til. xyi . '2.
SEQYESTRATION,
10
SeolS I.w. Se< i..AW, Til , x i" .
10..¡rdx x. l:2
SE(~UIN.
a gold evin . flruek .. Venice, and in feyeral
pall!'of
Ihe
gr~nd
feignor's
dominloos.
S ER:\GLlO • Perfi.n \YorJ, whieh fignifies Ibe palaee of
a prince or lord¡ in
which
f-en(e
the houres of
(he amI
af–
f~durs
of
En~l.¡nd,
France,
é c are, at
Coofiantlnople,
c alled Iheir f"dglio.. Bu. the term feraglio is ured by
w.!y
of
eminence.
for
the
paJace of
the
grafld
fci gnor
il.t
Conllantinople.
where
he
ket ps
his court. in whlch his
concubine! are lodgeJ ,
~nd w"'~re
Ihe youth are Irilined
"p (or lh, pnoei p. 1 pof\. of Ihe empi,e.
lt
is in (orm of
a
triangle.
abolJt two
miles
round. at
t he e"d
of lhe
pro·
montory Chnfoceras,
now
c..
1ed
lhe
Seraglio-point:
lhe
buddings
extend
to the
10p
of
th~
h1l1,
and
from
Ihence
there
are
gardens
I
hal re..ch
TO
the fea. The outward
appearance i! nOI 'l/cry beautiful, Ihe architetlure beine
irregular, cOI'lr.tti ng or
fep.Hate:
edifices, in the maDner
of
p~vallons ~nct
domes.
I.htold leragho is
,he
pdl.lce
where Ihe
grand
ftlgnor's
old
minrdfts are
kCpL
T he 13dies of the h3ram.
whieh
IS
lhe
p~rr
allou cd .to
the women,
i,
a
collealOn
or
ynung beaut
fu i
girl~t
who,
01"1
their actminion,
are
cummilttd lO the ch;ugc:
of
fome
old
I dy.
~nd
tdught
mu(ick.
ddncing,
and other
aecom-.
pl·(hmenlS . The(, ('<qu<otl y play and dance before the
grand
f1.l~nor
whil\·
olhers
enten ain
hlm wilh Ih, ir con·
verloition.
B·
(id
e'
Ihele
I,.,du:s.
th~re
,¡ re
él
grt:~ 1
many
bloiCk
tuno.'h,.
~ l"Id
rem ..
lc
C1 .lvC"$ , io
the
fera);;lao,
whofe
burinefs
il IS
f"
j:!lI.Afd·"nd .....
0111 upon them.
S ERA PH, O' SER AP H'M. a fpi ri, or the highell rank in
Iht: h,cr:Hchy
01
angds wh :J
are
Ihus
calLd
frnm their
bc\n~
(uppofeo
lO
be moH
¡nA~merl
wnh divine:
love,
by
Ihe'r nt"rer
and
m:.re Im:
ne-dl.ue(ll!c:nJance
at
Ihe thrnne
of G od.
and
tO
cnmmunlc.ttc::
Ihei r
fervour
lO
lhe n.moter
ano inferinr
ord·
rs.
SERAPHIC, burnlOg or infl. med wi,h loye or 2<.1, like
~
feraphilO: thus Sto
Donaventure
is
call:J
Ihe fe raphic
d"flor.
froO')
hi,
~bundd,nt
zc.!
and (I'rvour.
S ER
~PI AS
in bOla ny, a geous o( ,he gyo. ndria di,ndri.
cI ..
f,
T he neélArium is
oval
and gibb
us
Wllh an
oval
Jip. T here Ife ñve fpecies, t wo of them l"Ialivcs
or
Brí·
tain.
viz.
the "',¡(olia. or broad-Ied.\'ed b..fiard hellebore¡
and ,he lior"oli •. or wl,ite flowered ballard helJoborc.
VOL . UI N° 93 .
~
SER E \DE,. kind of eone:rt gi Hn in :he
ni~ll1,
hy
1
¡(I\'er LO hts
mi(ir~fsJ
undel' h::r \Vllldo\V.
l~hcfe
{om:;t IIles
only
confin of
1000rumel"l:~1
nlu(¡ck, bm
fU
tuller times
yoiees
are.: adul"d:
lhe
O1IJI~Lk ~nJ
JongcompofcJ (or
til(,[:
occolli
·os :\rc
~I fo
o.J!l·d
f~rtnJdcs
SEn
El
E.
"tille
oC
honour
Ijll'en lO
fr:vc"ral
rrir.ccs,
and
10
Ihe pnnclp.t1 mt4gllt ratcs or repuQlics. Th . k
In,.:
o(
En~J.1Ild. lhe
rcpu
bCd,fld thedoctof \'t'nici:, aüJ t!l.:chd'! r,,:n
o( ,he king 01 Spaio . re e·oIlcd
~loH
Sereoe:
. r.~
wh,n
(he pope ,
or
lIlt!
(acrcJ
colJege.
wntc
10
the
empt.:rlJr.
to
ktn~9,
or Ihe d"ge-, (hey
~I\'C
thl m no
olh~!'
litle: in.
hkc m.,nnu
lile
emp:::ror
gi\'cs no other tide to
any
k.ir.g~
exrept to the kl('Ig
r)!
Vrance.
S E R G E , • woolen
n,,¡f
m.nuf,étured in a 100m, of whien.
, here
are
v,mous
kinds.
ucnum¡nJlc,i
etlller from
tht:;r
ddferenl qu.dil1ec,
or from
the pitlces
whcre they
af(~
wrought; Ihe mon
confidu.4ble
of which is
th~
L
.ndoa.
ferge,
which ís
kighiy
valu~d
abrO<ld. and
of
wlllch a
manu(a~luTe
has been
f~)r
fome years
c~rrtcd
on
in Fr;tnce.
SERG E AN
r,
o. SERJEANT
al
lal»,
or
a[ /h,
' .i[,
's ,he
high'::ll degree
[ak~n ~l
tht common
lilW,
as
lh.ltof
doc–
tOr is of the clvd
I.¡w;
and as thefe árt! fuppafed
tO
be
mofi ledrned
:lno
experienced in Ihe praél:ict! (
f
th e couns.
thete is one
CQUl
I ..tppo nted for
Ihem
tO
ple3d
in
hy
Ih~r.l·
{el
ves.
which
IS
,he:
CUm:11uO pleas.
"bere
¡he comhlon
law o( Eogland is moH (!nétly o,oCerved: bu ••hey are not
refirained (rom
ple ..
ding in
~ny o~her
cnUrT. wheft!
the
judges,
who Cclnno[
have that honour
~il1
they have
u.·
ken Ihe degree of
Cerjeant
at
IJw
clllthem
brorhers .
SSRCEANl'
al ünnJ,
or
m.aee,
3n
offieerappointcd
to
3ttend
,he perCon
of
,he king ;
TO
arreU IrAitots, and fu ch per..
foos o( quality
.<
offend : .nd 'o attend .he lord hign
llewaro
when
fitting
10
jlld~ment
on
a
traitor.
T he
number o(
,hefe
officcrs
is
by
n.Hule
limited
10
lh.. o( .hirty.
SSRCE.AHT, in war,
is
an
inferior: ofTiCM'
in a
company
of
foot. or
troop
or
dragnons, arn\{
d with
an
halbMd,
~nd
appoinled to
Cee
difcipllne obfcn·ed.
to
leach
tlle
folok'rs
tbe
exercife
of their
arms
J
and
te
order,
ll.ranen.
and
for ru
ranks. fil es.
Oc.
S F RICU M . Sce S'L • .
SER IES ,
in
gcnerclJ ,
denotes
a
continued (ucceffion
of
thlOgs
in
(he Carne
arder.
ft nd
having Ihe faOle
rt lallon
or connetlion
",irh eolch
olher: in Ihis fenfr
we
fay.
a
fe·
ries
oE
emperors, klngs. birhops
be.
SERI ES.
in
mathem;uicks,
is
a number
ofterms,
whether
of n
.mbers
or quan:ities .
increafing
or decrealing in a
f!ivcn
proponíon See
A LGfDRA
p. 88
SERIPH IUM, in bo•• ny. 'genlls o( .he fyngenefi. mono·
g\'nl4
c1.lfs.
The caJix
is
Imbric:ii.ted:Ihe
coroll.1
con–
fifts
oC
one irregll lar
petal; and there IS a
{jn~!!
cbloi1g
{ccd
below
the
corolla.
There are 1hree
fpecle:s.
none
otO
1heOl
nftrives
of
Brif:\in.•
SEROSITY, in medieioe, deno,es an oyer·.ouocl.nco cf
ft:fllm.
SERPA,
a 10wn
of
Portugal.
in
the
provinre of Alenlt
jo.
fi luated on
,he
cafi_fide of the
riv~r
Gu.ldlan.l.
in
\Y.
Iflr.g. 8°
'Jo'.
N. la1. 37° 45'·
SERPENS. in afl.onomy. Se< ASTRONo"y. p. 4 q ,.
S ER PENT, in ZOO!oH. Se< ('OLUB ER. BOA. AN C UIS,
C'/EC' I L IA , AM P HISB /E NA . CROTALU! .
SERPEN r AIU .'\. "ARE· ROOI, .he n.meof . (pe
i~s
of
anHelo hl..t,
or birthwon,
with
auric\1btcd
¡caves.
7G
t
T'.r.