SERVICE
Service
SERV'ICE, noun [From Latin servitium.]
1. In a general sense, labor of body or of body and mind, performed at the command of a superior, or the pursuance of duty, or for the benefit of another. service is voluntary or involuntary. Voluntary service is that of hired servants, or of contract, or of persons who spontaneously perform something for another's benefit. Involuntary service is that of slaves, who work by compulsion.
2. The business of a servant; menial office.
3. Attendance of a servant.
4. Place of a servant; actual employment of a servant; as, to be out of service.
5. Any thing done by way of duty to a superior.
This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master king Charles.
Dryden.
6. Attendance on a superior.
Madam, I entreat true peace of you,
Which I will purchase with my duteous service. Shak.
7. Profession of respect uttered or sent.
Pray do my service to his majesty. Shak.
8. Actual duty; that which is required to be done in an office; as, to perform the services of a clerk, a sherif or judge.
9. That which God requires of man; worship; obedience.
God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. Tillotson.
10. Employment; business; office; as, to qualify a man for public service.
11. Use; purpose. The guns are not fit for public service.
12. Military duty by land or sea; as a military or naval service.
13. A military achievment.
14. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness. Medicine often does no service to the sick; calumny is sometimes of service to an author.
15. Favor.
To thee a woman's services are due. Shak.
16. The duty which a tenant owes to his lord for his fee. Personal serviceconsists in homage and fealty, etc.
17. Public worship or office of devotion. Divine service was interrupted.
18. A musical church composition consisting of choruses, trios, duets, solos, etc.
19. The official duties of a minister of the gospel, as in church, at a funeral, marriage, etc.
Hebrews 6:10 10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead. St. John Chrysostom
YOU DON'T INSPIRE YOUR TEAMMATES BY SHOWING THEM HOW AMAZING YOU ARE. YOU INSPIRE THEM BY SHOWING THEM HOW AMAZING THEY ARE!
