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Ancilla Dei

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Latin: handmaid of God) Title given in early Christian inscriptions to a deceased woman, but from the time of Gregory the Great, 7th century, only applied to nuns.

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Entry for 'Ancilla Dei'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/ancilla-dei.html. 1910.
 
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