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thralldom
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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.
  1. 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

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