"ancille" meaning in Middle English

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        "3": "ancele"
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        "3": "ancilla"
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      "expansion": "Latin ancilla",
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  "etymology_text": "From Old French ancele, ancelle, from Latin ancilla.",
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      "form": "ancilles",
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      "expansion": "ancille",
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      "expansion": "ancille (plural ancilles)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, An ABC (The Prayer of Our Lady)",
          "roman": "Of hevene and erthe, oure bille up for to beede.",
          "text": "Thee whom God ches to mooder for humblesse!\nFrom his ancille he made the maistresse",
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        "maidservant; handmaid"
      ],
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          "maidservant",
          "maidservant"
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          "handmaid",
          "handmaid"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ancele"
        }
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  "word": "ancille"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "ancilla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ancilla",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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          "text": "Thee whom God ches to mooder for humblesse!\nFrom his ancille he made the maistresse",
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        "maidservant; handmaid"
      ],
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      "word": "ancele"
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