A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands.
He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside. Pastor said, “You need to join the Army of the Lord!”
My friend said, “I’m already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor.”
Pastor questioned, “How come I don’t see you except at Christmas and Easter?”
He whispered back, “I’m in the Secret Service.”
n. - mus. A composition for seven performers. B the performers.
- any group of seven. [latin septem seven]
SEPTIC
adj. Contaminated with bacteria, putrefying. [greek sepo rot]
- tank n. Tank in which sewage is disintegrated through bacterial activity.
SEPTUM
n. (pl. Septa) partition such as that between the nostrils or the chambers of a poppy-fruit or of a shell. [latin s(a)eptum from saepio enclose]
SEQUEL
n. - what follows (esp. As a result).
- novel, film, etc., that continues the story of an earlier one. [latin sequor follow]
SEQUIN
n. Circular spangle, esp. Sewn on to clothing. sequinned adj. (also sequined). [italian zecchino a gold coin]
SERAPH
n. (pl. -im or -s) angelic being of the highest order of the celestial hierarchy. seraphic adj. [hebrew]
SERENE
adj. (-ner, -nest) 1 clear and calm.
- tranquil, unperturbed. serenely adv. Sereneness n. Serenity n. [latin]
SERIAL
killer n. Person who murders continually with no apparent motive.
- number n. Number identifying an item in a series.
- —n. (also attrib.) Story etc. Published, broadcast, or shown in instalments. —adj. - of, in, or forming a series.
- mus. Using transformations of a fixed series of notes (see *series 4). serially adv. [from *series]
SERIES
n. (pl. Same) 1 number of similar or related things, events, etc.; succession, row, or set.
- set of related but individual programmes.
- set of related geological strata.
- arrangement of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale as a basis for serial music.
- set of electrical circuits or components arranged so that the same current passes through each successively. in series in ordered succession. [latin sero join]
SERMON
n. - spoken or written discourse on religion or morals etc., esp. Delivered in church.
