¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Handmaidens
1. handmaiden [n] - See also: handmaiden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handmaidens
Literary usage of Handmaidens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne by Paul Hamilton Hayne (1882)
"KRISHNA AND Я/Я THREE handmaidens. AN» where he sat beneath the mystic stars,
Nigh the twin founts of Immortality, That feed fair channels of the Stream To ..."
2. The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America by Fredrika Bremer (1853)
"As the brides and handmaidens of Christ, they attain to a higher life, a more
expansive consciousness, a greater power. Whether similar religious societies ..."
3. The Atonement Between God and Manby Charles Taze Russell by Charles Taze Russell (2000)
"... "the servants and handmaidens," in these days, and "all flesh," afterward.
E220 As we have seen, there will be no difference between the Spirit of God, ..."
4. Memoir of the Late Rev. William Edward Miller, Wesleyan Minister by James Dixon (1842)
"... and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens
I will pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. ..."
Other Resources:
