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Webster 1913 Edition


Thraldom

Thral′dom

,
Noun.
[Icel.
[GREEK]rældōmr
. See
Thrall
, and
-dom
.]
The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.
[Written also
thralldom
.]
Women are born to
thraldom
and penance
And to be under man’s governance.
Chaucer.
He shall rule, and she in
thraldom
live.
Dryden.