thralldom
or thral·dom
[ thrawl-duhm ]
noun
the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
Origin of thralldom
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How to use thralldom in a sentence
But the problem with Baucus goes beyond his thralldom to special interests.
"We are two birds who have escaped thralldom and are taking our first flight into our natural ether," cried Miss Stuyvesant gaily.
The Sword of Damocles | Anna Katharine GreenHis was the old story of the total subjection of moral power and thralldom to evil habits and associates.
The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary | Cyrus PringleNo circumstance ever made me feel so strongly the thralldom of Mr. Wayles's debt.
The fates have decreed that you are not yet to be released from your odious thralldom.
Should the bishop now be repetticoated his thralldom would be complete and for ever.
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