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单词 hierodule
释义

hierodulen.

/ˈhʌɪərəʊdjuːl/
Etymology: < late Latin hierodūlus, < Greek ἱερόδουλος (masculine and feminine), < ἱερόν (neuter of ἱερός used substantively) temple + δοῦλος slave. The Latin plural hierodūli, and a feminine plural hierodūlae, occur in English writers.
Ancient Greek History, etc.
A slave (of either sex) dwelling in a temple, and dedicated to the service of a god. ‘Esp. applied to the public courtesans or votaries of Aphrodite at Corinth,’ Liddell & Scott.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave > slave with specific duties
galley slave1567
hierodule1835
1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. v. 138 Sent to Delphi with a company of other hierodules.
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §422 An ivory Aphrodite is celebrated by her hierodulæ in myrtle bowers.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 27 Apr. 316/2 The Amazons—that is, the warrior priestesses, or hierodules, of the Cappadocian Hittites.

Derivatives

hieroˈdulic adj. belonging to a hierodule.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > of or relating to slaves
bond1398
servilea1425
slavish1565
hierodulic1885
1885 J. S. Black tr. Wellhausen Proleg. Hist. Israel IV. i. 123 Captives were employed to do hierodulic services.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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