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handmaiden::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | handmaid |
| Type of | amah, housemaid, maid, maidservant |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | handmaid, servant |
| Type of | subordinateness, subsidiarity |
theology should be the handmaiden of ethics.
Examples of handmaiden
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With their handmaiden, market economics, they would now press forward everywhere.
From the economist.com
Monitoring is not just a necessary handmaiden of science-it is the real thing.
From the economist.com
His oldest son is Ishmael, whose mother is Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian handmaiden.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As one can easily imagine, efficiency is not the handmaiden of innovation.
From the forbes.com
Starvation,famine and hunger have be the handmaiden of humans from the very beginning.
From the independent.co.uk
An enfeebled Kremlin was seen by many Russians as the handmaiden of a triumphant West.
From the washingtonpost.com
Obama ads portray McCain as a virtual handmaiden to the unpopular Bush.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Either you have to be rich yourself, or be the handmaiden, as it were, of rich backers.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It is a throwback to the bad old days when science was just the handmaiden of religion.
From the scienceblogs.com
- Handmaid: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
- Handmaid: a personal maid or female attendant
- The female assistant to a High Priestess.
