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thraldom


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thraldom 
  n  :  the  state  of  being  under  the  control  of  another  person  [syn: 
  {bondage},  {slavery},  {thrall},  {thralldom}] 




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