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Definition of Handmaids
1. handmaid [n] - See also: handmaid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handmaids
Literary usage of Handmaids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1832)
"... And all my mysteries reveal'd, By those my favourite handmaids nine, Whose
duty 'tis to watch my shrine; ' Then will I give thy spirit wing, ..."
2. Ninety-six Sermons by Lancelot Andrewes (1850)
"... and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
And on My servants and on Mine handmaids 1 will pour out of My Spirit; ..."
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