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Definition of Thraldom

1. Noun. The state of being under the control of another person.

Definition of Thraldom

1. n. The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.

Definition of Thraldom

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of thralldom) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thraldom

1. servitude [n -S] - See also: servitude

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thraldom

Literary usage of Thraldom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"... AND SOLD INTO thraldom. BUT to wide-field Lacedaemon did Pallas Athene speed, Unto the noble youngling, great-souled Odysseus' seed, To mind him of his ..."

2. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1903)
"This 765 name of thraldom was nevere erst couth, til that Noe seyde, ... Now, as I have seyd, sith so is that sinne was first cause of thraldom, ..."

3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"might fall under the thraldom of an extra-national, and anti- ' national ... But a truly spiritual authority is no more a thraldom to the Catholic, ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Among his works are: «In thraldom' (1877); «Sky Rockets' (1883); «The Bow-Legged Ghost and Other Stories» (1899); «Wild Cat Ledge > (1901); ..."

5. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"... ballad assigns to " the dear deed-doer" the deliverance of the Five Boroughs (Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Stamford and Derby) from Danish thraldom. ..."

6. Credo by Luther Tracy Townsend (1869)
"V. THE thraldom OF CHARACTER. THE Scriptures convey the impression that there are some ... The Scriptural Statements respecting the thraldom of Character. ..."

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