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 Serve.Ses’ame (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Servus Servo’rum (Latin).
 
The slave of slaves, the drudge of a servant. The style adopted by the Roman pontiffs ever since the time of Gregory the Great is Servus Servorum Dei.   1
        “Alexander episcopus, servus servorum Dei, Karissimo fllio Willielmo salutem.”—Rymer: Fœdera, i. p. 1.
 


 Serve.Ses’ame (3 syl.). 

 
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