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hierodule

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hi·er·o·dule  (hr--dl, -dyl)
n.
A slave serving in an ancient temple, as in Greece or Anatolia, in the service of a specific deity.
[Late Latin hierodlus, from Greek hierodoulos : hieron, temple (from ; see eis- in Indo-European roots) + doulos, slave.]
hier·o·dulic (-dlk, -dy-) adj.
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