slavedomn.
/ˈsleɪvdəm/ 1. Slavery.
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society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun]
theowdomc893
thralshipc1200
thraldomc1275
thrallhead1297
servagec1300
thrall14..
bondage1330
dangera1375
servicea1382
servitutea1393
thaneheada1400
thrillagec1400
serviturea1422
servitudec1425
thrildomc1480
thirldom1489
thirlage1513
servilityc1530
slavedom1562
serviceage1594
bondmanship1611
bond-service1611
slaverya1616
slavishnessa1620
bond slavery1835
chattelship1857
chattelhood1871
thirl-band1871
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1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid x. Dd ij b Than may your grace condempne al Italy to great Carthage, In slauedome vnder Moores.
1593 T. Bell Motives Romish Faith i. 8 [He] shall become a papist and yeeld himselfe to the slauedome of popish religion.
1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States I. 165 The tyrants of slavedom have borne the sway here for forty years.
2. The position of a slave.
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1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 341 A throne, at which earth's puny potentates May sue for slavedoms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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