butleryEtymologyFrom Middle English buttillary, buttlarye, botelerye, botelerie, from Old French boteillerie, butelerie and Medieval Latin butellaria.butlery means A butler's pantry; a serving pantry. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.nounA butler's pantry; a serving pantry.The work or role of a butler.“The dark side of butlery was even more evident during the height of the Evil Empire, when the strongest and most enterprising local men were made into footmen and majordomos, completely robbed of their dignity but paid for a month's work what they might otherwise make in a year.”