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helotry|ˈhɛlətrɪ, ˈhiː-|
[f. as prec. + -ry.]
1. Helots or serfs collectively; a class of helots.
1829Southey Sir T. More (1831) I. 174 Down to the poorest hovel in which his helotry are stalled. 1829Macaulay Ess., Southey (1887) 126 The helotry of Mammon are not, in our day, so easily enforced to content themselves as the peasantry of that happy period. 1835Tait's Mag. II. 521 The priesthood have been called in to supply to a trampled helotry..the want of natural leaders.
2. The condition of Helots; serfdom; slavery.
1873Symonds Grk. Poets xii. 400 Who can forget the stories of Spartan Helotry? 1882Gd. Words 748 The ancient system of slavery and helotry. |