In certain universities (including some colleges of University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh), a servitor was an undergraduate student who received free accommodation (and some free meals), and was exempted from paying fees for lectures. The term is still used at the University of Edinburgh, where it refers to the staff who are responsible for security, mail and reception (similar to porters at other universities) and are also on duty at formal occasions, when their functions include carrying the mace and ushering.
At Oxford, servitors were originally expected to act as servants to the fellows of their college. By 1852 this requirement had largely fallen into disuse, and the term had been replaced (often by clerk or Bible-clerk) at most colleges. The last recorded use of the term in Oxford was in 1867 (at Christ Church; the following year the same people were called exhibitioners).[1]
servitor, this, article, about, servitors, universities, other, uses, disambiguation, certain, universities, including, some, colleges, university, oxford, university, edinburgh, servitor, undergraduate, student, received, free, accommodation, some, free, meal. This article is about servitors at universities For other uses see Servitor disambiguation In certain universities including some colleges of University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh a servitor was an undergraduate student who received free accommodation and some free meals and was exempted from paying fees for lectures The term is still used at the University of Edinburgh where it refers to the staff who are responsible for security mail and reception similar to porters at other universities and are also on duty at formal occasions when their functions include carrying the mace and ushering At Oxford servitors were originally expected to act as servants to the fellows of their college By 1852 this requirement had largely fallen into disuse and the term had been replaced often by clerk or Bible clerk at most colleges The last recorded use of the term in Oxford was in 1867 at Christ Church the following year the same people were called exhibitioners 1 See also EditSizar University of Cambridge BattelerReferences Edit servitor The Oxford English Dictionary 2nd ed 1989 OED Online Oxford University Press 4 Apr 2000 1 Date of access 15 Oct 2006 This article relating to education in the UK is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Servitor amp oldid 1084205062, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
