captivity
noun
the state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined.
captivities
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pluralof captivity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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What ensues is a dialogue wherein the djinn explains his various loves and captivities to Alithea, who listens enraptured with her wet hair wrapped in a towel.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
Compared with it, the exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt, their passage through the Red Sea and through Jordan, their captivities and returns, would be as nothing.
From Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood by John Nicholas Lenker
It was during their captivities that women often learned the arts and practiced the perilous profession of a scout.
From Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by William Worthington Fowler
Captivities of Judah and Israel, and three captivities of Judah.
From Studies in Old Testament History by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
The palisaded meeting-house square, the fortified isolated garrison houses, the massacres and captivities are familiar features of New England's history.
From The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner
