Usually means: Sacred slave in ancient temples.
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  1. hierodule: Merriam-Webster
  2. hierodule: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hierodule: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hierodule: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hierodule: Wordnik
  6. hierodule: Wiktionary
  7. hierodule: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hierodule: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. hierodule: Dictionary.com
  10. Hierodule: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. hierodule: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. hierodule: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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▸ noun:  (historical, chiefly Ancient Greece) A temple slave, often one performing religious prostitution.

Similar:
hierophancy, heroon, Heraclid, heracleid, Rhodope, Trokosi, idolastre, idolater, Hermaphroditus, oracle, more...

Opposite:
freewoman, independent woman, non-slave

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Similar:
hierophancy, heroon, Heraclid, heracleid, Rhodope, Trokosi, idolastre, idolater, Hermaphroditus, oracle, more...

Opposite:
freewoman, independent woman, non-slave



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