1) to serve the state at one's own cost
    1a) to assume an office which must be administered at one's
        own expense
    1b) to discharge a public office at one's own cost
    1c) to render public service to the state
 2) to do a service, perform a work
    2a) of priests and Levites who were busied with the sacred
        rites in the tabernacle or the temple
    2b) of Christians serving Christ, whether by prayer, or by
        instructing others concerning the way of salvation, or in
        some other way
    2c) of those who aid others with their resources, and relieve
        their poverty