thralldom
noun
the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
thraldom
-
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
However hopeless the condition of the masses may seem, they are already demanding more light and only await an opportunity to proclaim their emancipation from mental thraldom.
From Nature and Culture by Harvey Rice
But my wrath scorned to offer entreaty or compromise; and, leaving the table, I retreated to my chamber, seeking sullen comfort in the thought that I might soon emancipate myself from thraldom.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
And every peal of mirth was a challenge to the old order of hatred and the ancient thraldom of sullenness.
From The Code of the Mountains by Charles Neville Buck
Did she hold him in such abject thraldom that he really could not get on without her?
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
