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helotries

helotries is the plural of helotry.

Meaning of helotry

Noun

helotry (countable and uncountable, plural helotries)

  1. (Ancient Greece) Collectively, the helots (slaves or bondsmen).
    • Apparently influenced by Montesquieu's judgment that Spartan helotry combined the worst features of slavery and serfdom, Dew credited the Athenians with treating their slaves gently.2005, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Eugene D. Genovese, The Mind of the Master Class, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 289

Questions about helotries

What is helotries the plural of?
Helotries is the plural of helotry.

Words near helotries in the dictionary

  1. helotialean
  2. helotid
  3. helotids
  4. helotism
  5. helotisms
  6. helotries
  7. helotry
  8. helots
  9. help
  10. help a lame dog over a stile
  11. help along

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