thralldom

or thral·dom

[ thrawl-duhm ]

noun

1. the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thralldom¹

First recorded in 1125–75, thralldom is from the Middle English word thraldom. See thrall, -dom

Example Sentences

And though their ardor seems to make the artist himself uncomfortable, Kinney suggests that Dylan might be partially to blame for it—that his own aloofness and self-made mythologies have deepened his fans’ thralldom.

From The New Yorker

He had said: "It was a supreme judgment passed at the bar of history by the lofty conscience of a free people to rescue her mother from the humiliation of thralldom and to save civilization."

From Project Gutenberg

In John, a god with power to create worlds is bound up in the fate of mortals for thirty years, and only escapes thralldom when the spell is broken at the marriage feast.

From Project Gutenberg

Love's thralldom and Love's music to his thrall.

From Project Gutenberg

The Passover was, as we know, the great feast of Israel, first observed on the memorable night of their happy deliverance from the thralldom of Egypt.

From Project Gutenberg