Sèrjeants-at-Law.

French, frères-serjens, a corruption of fratres-servientes of the Templars.

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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.

Septuagint
Seraglio
Seraphim
Serapis
Serat (Al)
Serbonian Bog or Serbonis
Seremenes
Serenade
Serene
Serif and Sanserif
Sèrjeants-at-Law
Sermon Lane (Doctors Commons, London)
Serpent
Serpentine Verses
Serrapurda
Servant (Faithful)
Serve
Servus Servorum (Latin)
Sesame
Sesha
Set Off (A)