helotry

[hel-uh-tree, hee-luh-]

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noun

serfdom; slavery.
helots collectively.

Origin of helotry

First recorded in 1820–30; Helot + -ry

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Examples from the Web for helotry

Historical Examples

But, after all, their state is a modern Sparta—an aristocracy resting on a helotry, and with nothing else to rest upon.
Pictures of Southern Life
William Howard Russell
The State is but a gigantic Sparta, in which the helotry are marked by an indelible difference of color and race from the masters.
The Civil War in America
William Howard Russell
But, after all, their State is a modern Sparta—an aristocracy resting on a helotry, and with nothing else to rest upon.
The Civil War in America
William Howard Russell

British Dictionary definitions for helotry

helotry

noun

serfdom or slavery
serfs or slaves as a class

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Examples from the Web for helotry

Historical Examples

But, after all, their state is a modern Sparta—an aristocracy resting on a helotry, and with nothing else to rest upon.

The State is but a gigantic Sparta, in which the helotry are marked by an indelible difference of color and race from the masters.

But, after all, their State is a modern Sparta—an aristocracy resting on a helotry, and with nothing else to rest upon.

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