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thralldom
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
thrall·dom       [thrawl-duhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
Also, thraldom.

[Origin: 1125–75; ME thraldom. See thrall, -dom]
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thrall       (thrôl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage.
    2. One who is intellectually or morally enslaved.
  2. Servitude; bondage: "a people in thrall to the miracles of commerce" (Lewis H. Lapham).

tr.v.   thralled, thrall·ing, thralls Archaic
To enslave.


[Middle English, from Old English thrǣl, from Old Norse thrǣll.]

thrall'dom, thral'dom n.
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thralldom

noun
the state of being under the control of another person [syn: bondage] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Thralldom

Thrall"dom\, n. Thraldom.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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