Emily Dickinson Lexicon

service (-s), n. [OFr < L servitium, slave.] (webplay: abroad, achievement, actual, attendants, attends, attentions, bestow, bright, condition, content, country, custom, day, diligently, dine, end, follower, funeral, God, hairs, household, ignoble, keep, less, loved, lowest, man, mean, mind, musical, peace, place, present, race, read, required, respect, sea, seat, state, spirit, stopping, table, term, think, time, turn, waits, work, worship).

1. Worship meeting; church liturgy; religious ceremony with music and the spoken word.
2. Funeral rites; eulogy ritual; observance of the dead with music and remarks of praise; [fig.] profession of respect, honor, allegiance, or veneration.
3. Purpose; function; use.
4. Duty; fee; something owed to a lord by his tenant.
5. Effort of body; exertion of mind; work to be done; labor to be performed for the benefit of another.
6. Assistance; aid; benefit.
7. Table setting; set of dishes and other utensils used together for dining.