Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thralldom"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thraldom \Thral"dom\, n. [Icel. ?r[ae]ld[=o]mr. See {Thrall},
and {-dom}.]
The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of
servitude. [Written also {thralldom}.]
Women are born to thraldom and penance And to be under
man's governance. --Chaucer.
He shall rule, and she in thraldom live. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thralldom \Thrall"dom\, n.
Thraldom.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thralldom
n : the state of being under the control of another person [syn:
{bondage}, {slavery}, {thrall}, {thraldom}]
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