中文翻译与英英解释

n.
(古希腊神庙的)圣役〔由奴隶充当〕。

In ancient Greece and Anatolia a hierodule ( ), from the Greek ( "temple" + δο?λη "slave"), was a temple maid in the service of a specific deity, often with the connotation of religious sexual rites. Her services would technically be sacred because of the service she provided to the deity.