The slave of slaves, the drudge of a servant. The style adopted by the Roman pontiffs ever since the time of Gregory the Great is Servus Servorum Dei.
“Alexander episcopus, servus servorum Dei, Karissimo fllio Willielmo salutem.”—Rymer: Fœdera, i. p. 1.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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