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Serenity, n.

    1. Calmness, peacefulness, tranquillity, collectedness, sedateness, composure, coolness, calm, peace.
    2. Clearness, fairness, brightness, calmness, stillness, quietness, peace.
    3. Peace, quietness, tranquillity, calm.

Serf, n. Slave (attached to the soil), bondman, thrall, bond-servant, villein.

Serfdom, n. Enslavement, slavery, servitude, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, subjection, serfage.

Serial, a. Successive, consecutive, continuous, continued.

Serial, n. Periodical.

Seriatim, ad. [L.] In a series, in order, one after another.

Series, n. Succession, order, sequence, course, line, concatenation.

Serious, a.

    1. Grave, solemn, sedate, staid, sober, earnest, demure.
    2. Important, weighty, great, momentous, grave.
    3. In earnest.
    4. Dangerous

Seriously, ad. Gravely, solemnly, in earnest.

Seriousness, n. Gravity, solemnity, soberness, earnestness.

Sermon, n. Homily, exhortation, religious discourse.

Sermoning, n. Advice, instruction, discourse.

Sermonize, v. n. Preach, discourse.

Serous, a. Thin (as parts of animal fluids), watery, serose.

Serpent, n. Snake.

Serpentine, a. Winding, meandering, crooked, anfractuous, spiral, tortuous, undulating, sinuous, twisted.

Serpentine, n. Ophite, green porphyry.

Serrate, Serrated, a. Notched, indented, toothed, denticulated, jagged.