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added to that of our Lady of gethlehem, which itfelf, ceafing, they were beftowed in 1484, on that of the Knights of St. John of Jerufakm. But the Suppreflion did not take Place in c Poland, nor in feveral Provinces ot Germany, where they ftill fubiift: Their General is in Wand. Their Habit, Father Helyot obferves, was difte- rent in different Places.
St. Sepulcher, or the Holy Sepulcher^ is alfo the Name of a Military Order, Eftablifh'd in Talefiine. Molt Writers who mention this Order, cany its Inftitutionas far back as the Time of the Apoftle St. James, Bifhop of Jerufalem; or at leaft to that of Conftantine; pretending that Godfrey of Boulogne, and 'Baldwin, were only the Reftorers thereof: But -this Antiquity is Chimerical. 'Tis not even certain, that 'twas founded ib early as God- frey of 'Boulogne, or his S ucceffbr Baldwin; though Favyn and de Belloy, attribute it to this latter. 'Tis certain, there was nothing but Canons in the Church of St. Sepul- chers, till the Year 1 1 14 5 and 'tis more than probable, the Knights were only inftiruted upon the Rums of the Canons 400 Years after, and that by Pope Alexander VI. in order to excite Rich and Noble Perlbns to vifit the Holy Places, by giving them the Title of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher, and to this End, inftituting an Order under that Name, whereof he took the Quality of Mafter for him- felf and his Succeffbrs. Leo X. and Clement VII. granted to the Guardian of the Religious of St. Francis, in the Holy Land, the Power of making thefe Knights; which Power, firft granted Vive voce, was afterwards confirm 'd by Bull of (Pius IV. In 15-58, the Knights of this Order in Flanders, chofe Thilip II. King of Spain, their Mafter 5 and afterwards his Son; But the Grand Mafter of the Order of Malta prevail'd on him to refign; and when afterwards the Duke of Never s affumed the fame Quality in France, the fame Grand Mafter, by his Intereft and Credit, procured a like Renunciation of him, and a Con- firmation of the Union of this Order to that of Malta. See Malta.
SEPULCHRAL, fomething belonging to Sepulchers or Tombs. See Sepulcher. Sepulchral Infcriptions are the fureft Monuments we have of Antiquity. See In- scription. Sepulchral Lamps, are thole laid to have been found burning in the Tombs of feveral Martyrs and others. See Lamp. Sepulchral Column, is a Column creeled on a Tomb, with an Infcription on its Shafr. See Column.
Sepulchral, is alfo the Appellation of a Sect. — Sepulchral Hereticks, were thus call'd, from their princi- pal Error, which was, That by the Word Hell, whither the Scripture tells us Jejus Chrift defcended after his Death, they underftood his Sepulcher, They maintained, That fefusChrifi only defcended into Hell according to the Flefh; that this Hell was nothing elfe but the Grave where he was laid, and wherein his Soul could not reft. See (Prareolus.
SEQUEL, SEQUELA, in Logic , a Confequence drawn from ibme preceding Propofition: As if I fay, 1%e Human Soul is immaterial; and therefore Immortal; The laft Member of the Sentence is a Sequel from the firft.
SEQUENCE, in Gaming, a Series or Set of Cards following in the fame Suit or Colour. A Sequence of Four Cards, of Five, gife, At liquet, thefe are call'd Fourths, Fifths, £5?c. Quarts. Quints, {$c.
SEQUESTRATION, in Common-Law, is the fepa- rating of aThingin Controverfy, from the PofTeffion of both Parties, till the Right be determined by Courfe of Law. This is of Two Sorts - 7 Voluntary, otNeccffary : Voluntary, is that which is done by Content of each Party. Necejjdry, is that, which the Judge doth by his Authority, whether the Parties will or not. Sequefiration, in the Civil Law, is the Aft of the Ordinary, difpofing of the Goods and Chatties of one Decealed, whole Eftate no Man will meddle with. A Widow is particularly laid to Sequefier, when fhe dif- claims having any thing to do with the Eftate of her deceafed Husband.
Among the Romanifis, in Qucftions of Marriage, where the Wife complains of Impotency in the Husband 5 fhe is ' Seqiteftefd into a Convent, or the Hands of Matrons, till the Procefs be determined.
Sequestration is alfo u fed, for the gathering the Fruits of a Benefice void, to the Ufe of the next Incum- bent. In the Time of the Civil Wars, Sequefiration was ufedfor a Seizing of the Eftates of Delinquents, for the Ufe of the Commonwealth.
SEQUIN, or CECHIN, a Gold Coin ftruck at Venice, and in feveral Parts of the Grand Seignior's States, par- ticularly Cairo; which laft are call'd Turkijh Sequins, or Cherifs. At Constantinople, the Ducats ftruck in feveral Parts of Germany, are call'd Hungarian Sequins,
The Value of thefe Sequins is different; thofe of Venice exceeding thofe of Tzirkey and Germany, by one Fifteenth. In the Eafi-Iniies the Difference is flill more
fenfible : The Venetian Sequin being current for Four Roupies, and Six Peffas, or 9 Si 4 d. Sterling, and the Tktrkip Sequin, only for four Roupies, or 9 J. Sec Ducat. Ablancourt derives the Word from Qz-iquin or Citicemque as fuppofing the Sequin firft ftruck at Cmcum, Menage, , from the Italian Zecchino, of Zecca, a Town belonging to Venice. See Coins.
SERAGLIO, among the Levantines^ the Palace of a Prince or Lord. hxConfianm.ople they fay,The Seraglio f the EmbafTador of England, of France^ &o. The Word is originally Terfian, where it has the fame Signification. The Sercgliois ufed by way of Excellence tor the Palace of the Grand Seignior at Constantinople, where he keeps his Court, and where his Concubines are lodg'd, and where the Youth are train'd up for the chief Potts of the Empire. 'Tia a little Triangle about Two Miles round, wholly within the City, at the End of the Promontory Chryfccera.Sy now call'd the Seraglio Point. The Buildings run back to the Top of the Hill, from whence are Gardens that reach to the Edge of the Sea. The outward Appearance, du Loir tells us, is not beautiful, in regard the Architecture is irregular, being canton'd out into feparate Edifices and Apartments, in manner of Pavillions and Domes. No Stranger has ever yet been admitted to the inmoft Parts of the Seraglio. The old Seraglio is the Place where the Em- peror's old Miftreffes are kept. Balfac obferves, That the Seraglio at Confianriwple, is only a Copy of that which Solomon anciently built at Jerufalem,
SERAPH, in the Hieraichy of Angels, a Spirit of the firft, or higheft Rank, The Seraphs, or rather Seraphims, make that Oafs of Angels, luppofed to be the moll in- flamed with Divine Love, by their nearer and more im- mediate Attendance on the Throne 5 and communicate the Heat to the inferior and remoter Orders : Hence their Name, which is form'd from the Htibreito Root^ pTW, to bum, inflame. See Hierarchy.
SERAPHICK, fomething belonging to the Seraphim. See Seraph. Mr. Boyle has a Treatife of Seraphic Lovej i. e. of the Love of God. St. Francis, the Founder of the Cordeliers and Francifcans, is call'd the Seraphic Father-, in Memory of a Vifion he law on Mount Afoema, after a Faft of Forty Days, accompanied with many other Se- verities; when, falling into an Extafy, he faw a Seraph glide rapidly from Heaven upon him; which imprefs'd on him certain Stigmata or Marks, reprefenting the Wounds which the Nails and the Spear made in our Saviour's Body, at his Crucifixion. In the Schools, St. Bonaventure is call'd T'he Seraphic 'Dctlor, from his abundant Zeal and Fervour.
SERENADE, a kind of Concert given in the Night- Time by a Gallant, at his Miftrefs's Door, or under her Window. Sometimes it confifts wholly of Inftrumental Mufic 5 fometiraes Voices are added; and the Pieces com- pos'd or play'd on thefe Occafions, are alfo call'd Sere?2ades, We don't know whence the Word ftiould derive, unlefs from the French, Serein, the Dew falling in the Night- Time .
SERENA GUTTA, in Medicine, a Difeafe, the fame as Amaurofis. See Amaurosis.
SERENE, a Quality or Title of Honour given xo certain Princes, and chief Magjftrates of Republicks. The King of England is ftil'd, I'he mofi Serene. The Term is alfo applied to the Doge of Venice. The Pope, and the Sacred College writing to the Emperor, to Kings, or the Doge, give no other Title but that of Mofi Serene. The Venetians let the Titleof Serenity above that of Highnefs. In i6$6,Wicqitcfort obferves, there wasa Clafhing between the Courts of France and Vienna 5 becaufe the Emperor re- futed the King of France any other Title than that of Serene, Bifhops anciently, were addrefs'd under the Title of Serene. The Kings of France of the Firft and Second Race, fpeaking of themfelves $ ufe no other Quality, but Notre Serenite'. The Emperor gives no other Title to the King of England, nor even to any other King, excepting the King of France. The King of ^Poland, and other Kings, give it to the Electors. The Emperor, writing to the Electors or other Princes of the Empire, only ufes the Term TiileBion 5 but in treating with them, ufes EleBoral Serenenefs or Serenity to the Elector and 1)itcal Serenemfs to the other Princes.
SERGE, in Commerce, a Woollen crofs'd Stuff, ma- nufactured on a Loom with four Treddles, after the Man- ner of Rateens, and other crofs'd Stuffs. The Good- nefs of Serges is known by the Crofting, as that of Cloths by the Spinning.
Of Serges there are various Kinds, denominated either from -the different Qualities thereof, or from the Places where they are wrought. The 1110ft considerable i s the London Serge, now highly valued Abroad, particularly in France, where the Manufacture is carried on with good Succefs, under the Title of Serge Paeon de Loihires.
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