SERGEANTCY
Ser"geant*cy, n.
Defn: Same as Sergeancy.
SERGEANTRY
Ser"geant*ry, n. Etym: [CF. OF. sergenteric.]
Defn: See Sergeanty. [R.] [Written also serjeantry.]
SERGEANTSHIP
Ser"geant*ship, n.
Defn: The office of sergeant.
SERGEANTY
Ser"geant*y, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia. See
Sergeant.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also serjeanty.] Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or the like. Tomlins. Cowell. Blackstone. — Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.
SERIAL
Se"ri*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication. "Classification . . . may be more or less serial." H. Spencer.