Handmaiden definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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The handmaiden, face still blazing with wrath, stepped before her; with difficulty she steadied her voice Yolara," she said, "you have defied the Silent Ones, you have desecrated their abode, you came to slay these men who are the guests of the Silent Ones and me, who am their handmaiden--why did you do these things I came for him!"

—The Moon Pool

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An earlier form of handmaid.

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But it is time to turn to some of those special and rare outgates that the Amen with the keys gave to His favoured handmaiden, the Lady Robertland; and the first kind of outgate, on account of which she was always such an astonishment to herself, was what she would call her outgate from providential disabilities, entanglements, and embarrassments. — Samuel Rutherford
Rather, it exists as the handmaiden of theology, to assist in the salvation of souls by helping to provide order within the Christian life. — Latest Articles
It covers why workers are being so badly harmed in an age of globalized business and friendly governments acting as their handmaiden.
To suggest that the United States will "bring Cuba in from the cold" is just one more example of Washington's ignorance and arrogance and that of their handmaiden, the corporate media. — axisoflogic.com
Satan's porcine handmaiden, at a university opining on the "legacy" of Tipsy McStaggers — WTF Is It Now?!?