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hierodulic

hierodulic adjective: pertaining to hierodules.

Adjective

hierodulic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to hierodules.
    • From this passage two things are to be learned. First, that the systematic separation of that which was holy from profane contact did not exist from the very beginning; that in the temple of Solomon even heathen (Zech. xiv. 21), probably captives, were employed to do hierodulic services which...1885, Julius Wellhausen, John Sutherland Black, Allan Menzies, Prolegomena to the History of Israel
    • With the priestesses of goddesses the considerations which tend to lay upon the wife-priestesses of a god the tabu of chastity have no application, and their hierodulic character is retained.1927, Robert Briffault, The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions

Origin of hierodulic

From hierodule + -ic.

Questions about hierodulic

What does hierodulic mean?
Hierodulic means pertaining to hierodules.
What part of speech is hierodulic?
Hierodulic is an adjective.

Words near hierodulic in the dictionary

  1. hierocrats
  2. hierodeacon
  3. hierodeacons
  4. hierodule
  5. hierodules
  6. hierodulic
  7. hierofalcon
  8. hierofalcons
  9. hierogamic
  10. hierogamy
  11. hieroglyph

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