Definition of Handmaiden

1. Noun. In a subordinate position. "The state cannot be a servant of the church"

Exact synonyms: Handmaid, Servant
Generic synonyms: Subordinateness, Subsidiarity
Derivative terms: Serve

2. Noun. A personal maid or female attendant.
Exact synonyms: Handmaid
Generic synonyms: Amah, Housemaid, Maid, Maidservant

Definition of Handmaiden

1. Noun. Variant spelling of handmaid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Handmaiden

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Handmaiden

1. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handmaiden

handlike
handline
handling
handling (psychology)
handling charge
handling cost
handlings
handlist
handlists
handlock
handloom
handlooms
handly
handmade
handmaid
handmaiden (current term)
handmaidenhood
handmaidenly
handmaidens
handmaids
handmake
handmakes
handmaking
handmark
handmarks
handoff
handoffs
handout
handouts
handover

Literary usage of Handmaiden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by Robert M. Hartley, American Bible Society, Wightman family (1875)
"46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: lor, behold, from henceforth all generations ..."

2. The Depew Story Book by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1898)
"THE handmaiden OF SUCCESS. The faculty of measuring one's place in the universe and in its daily events, in other words, a knowledge of proportion, ..."

3. The Roman Breviary: Reformed by Order of the Holy Oecumenical Council of Trent by Catholic Church, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart Bute (1879)
"... since the Lord hath regarded the lowliness of His handmaiden. Answer. And I have brought forth from my bowels God and man. [Alleluia.] Third Letton. ..."

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