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Definition of Handmaiden
1. Noun. In a subordinate position. "The state cannot be a servant of the church"
Generic synonyms: Subordinateness, Subsidiarity
Derivative terms: Serve
2. Noun. A personal maid or female attendant.
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
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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