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hierodule

Noun

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hierodule on Wikipedia
hierodule (plural hierodules)

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

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Examples

If he did not, on his death the brothers were obligated to do so, giving her a full child's share if a wife, a concubine or a vestal, but one-third of a child's share if she were a hierodule or a Marduk priestess. Source: Internet

The daughter was not only in her father's power to be given in marriage, but he might dedicate her to the service of a god as a vestal or a hierodule or give her as a concubine. Source: Internet

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