hostage
noun
a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
hostageship
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a word derived from
hostage.
Example Sentences
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I know him," says Fer rogain: "'tis Cuscraid Menn of Armagh, Conchobar's son, who is in hostageship with the king.
From The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes by Charles William Eliot
It was he, moreover, who loosened the hostageship and bondage of the Gaeidhel to the devil.
From The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings by James O'Leary
Three that are not entitled to exemption: restoring a son, the tools of an artificer, hostageship.
From The Triads of Ireland by Kuno Meyer
