Meaning of temple prostitute | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A prostitute who is employed at a temple.
   historical
2. An individual, usually a woman, engaged in sexual acts as part of religious worship.
   historical

Examples

“As to his daughters, this Hindu will strangle one at birth, train a second for marriage, and consecrate a third to the enrichment of his religion as a temple prostitute, thinking the last act even more meritorious than the marriage and the first quite as much within his "liberty."”

“In the Madras Presidency alone there are about 12,000 of these temple prostitutes.”

“Her supposed role as a temple prostitute has been thought to provide proof that her Israelite counterpart, the qědēšâ, likewise had a sexual function in the cult.”

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