hierodulic

But according to Ezekiel xliv. the hierodulic services in the temple were not to be undertaken by foreigners, but by Levites; hence in the Priestly Code the servants of the altar appear as servants of the congregation.

Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881

Solomon even heathen (Zech.xiv. 21), probably captives, were employed to do hierodulic services which, according to the law, ought to have been rendered by Levites, and which afterwards actually were so rendered.

Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881

The institution of the lower class of women does not seem to have originated in a society in which this regard for purity is lacking, for the hierodulic class is rarely if ever found in existing societies of this sort.

Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877