handmaiden
noun
1.
something that is necessarily subservient or subordinate to another: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship.
2.
a female servant or attendant.
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handmaiden or handmaid (ˈhændˌmeɪdən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that serves a useful but subordinate purpose: logic is the handmaid of philosophy |
| 2. | archaic a female servant or attendant |
| handmaid or handmaid | |
| —n | |
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| handmaiden or handmaid (ˈhændˌmeɪdən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that serves a useful but subordinate purpose: logic is the handmaid of philosophy |
| 2. | archaic a female servant or attendant |
| handmaid or handmaid | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
handmaid
1382, from hand (in the sense in close at hand) + maid. Cf. O.E. handþrgn "personal attendant."
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Handmaid definition
servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Luke 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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