bondwomen
- plural of bondwoman.
Example Sentences
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The bondwomen could find no-way to comfort her.
From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Caine, Hall, Sir
So swift had this change been that the bondwomen had not seen it, and they were shouting "Hallelujah!" with one voice, thinking only that she who had been dead to them was alive again.
From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Caine, Hall, Sir
And so he carried her on foot with his bondwomen to look unto her.
From A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 by A Gentleman of Elvas [pseud.]
This is shown by the very words of the Law, where we read: "If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out."
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
They cannot take a step without becoming bondwomen: into what a slavery!
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
