thralldom
noun
the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
thraldom
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a variation of
thralldom.
Example Sentences
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You'll be irritated not enraged, and will find its thraldom easy to resist.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2011
He was held in a thraldom of fear as she slowly advanced toward the bed.
From The Homesteader A Novel by Oscar Micheaux
Even my Custom-house experience was not such a thraldom and weariness as this.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
May the merciful Lord grant us this, who redeemed them all and us with his precious blood from the devil's thraldom.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric
The act of Congress which shall happily solve it will constitute a decree of emancipation as veritable as any that ever freed serf from thraldom, but more universal in its application.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by John P. (John Percival) Jones
