"temple prostitute" meaning in English

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          "text": "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.\"",
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        "(historical, biblical) A prostitute who is employed at a temple."
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