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Definition of Helpmeets
1. helpmeet [n] - See also: helpmeet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helpmeets
Literary usage of Helpmeets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings, Including Declaration of Christian Doctrine: Of the General by Friends General Conference (U.S., Friends General Conference (U.S.) (1887)
"... term of life,1 designed for the mutual assistance and comfort of both sexes,
that they may be helpmeets to each other in things temporal and spiritual. ..."
2. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1882)
"Still to be a woman did not necessarily mean to be helpmeet, and it would assist
them to ask and answer the question—who were the helpmeets? ..."
3. At Home in Fiji by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1883)
"response was most cordial; and nine brave determined men (seven of whom were
married, and their wives true helpmeets in this great work) announced their ..."
4. Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal edited by Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads (1851)
"Upon which i opened in our hearts plainly, that the women being added to us as
helpmeets, would answer the service which was so needful ..."
5. Still Happy Though Married by Edward John Hardy (1914)
"These helpmeets, by managing for them the practical business and social
conventionalities of life, enabled them to pursue their work in peace and comfort. ..."
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