Defenition of the word handmaiden
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Defenition of the word handmaiden
- a personal maid or female attendant
- in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
- in a subordinate position
Synonyms for the word handmaiden
Hypernyms for the word handmaiden
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- amah
- housemaid
- maid
- maidservant
- subordinateness
- subsidiarity
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