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thraldom

/ˈθɹɔːl.dəm/

thraldom noun: a state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.

Noun

thraldom (countable and uncountable, plural thraldoms)

  1. (literary or puristic, otherwise archaic) A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.
    • For ye into like thraldome me did throw,
      And kept from complishing the faith which I did owe.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • Beauteous Penthea […] is novv ſo yoak'd / To a moſt barbarous thraldome, miſery, / Affliction, that [s]he ſauors not humanity.c. 1625–1632 (date written), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Broken Heart. A Tragedy. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, signatures B...
    Synonyms:
    thrall

thraldom meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

thraldom in Tamil

அடிமைநிலை, அடிமை நிலை

thraldom in Urdu

غلامی

thraldom in Malayalam

അടിമത്തം

Synonyms of thraldom

Forms of thraldom

pluralthraldoms
alternative formthralldom
alternative form (obsolete)thraldome

Origin of thraldom

From Middle English thraldom, þraldom. Compare Danish trældom, Norwegian trelldom, Swedish träldom. By surface analysis, thral(l) + -dom.

Questions about thraldom

What does thraldom mean?
Thraldom means a state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.
What is thraldom in Tamil?
Thraldom in Tamil is அடிமைநிலை, அடிமை நிலை. See Thraldom meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thraldom?
Thraldom is a noun.
How do you pronounce thraldom?
Thraldom is pronounced /ˈθɹɔːl.dəm/.
What is the plural of thraldom?
The plural of thraldom is thraldoms.

Words near thraldom in the dictionary

  1. Thrailkill
  2. Thrailkills
  3. thrain
  4. thrains
  5. thralage
  6. thraldom
  7. thraldoms
  8. Thrale
  9. thrall
  10. thrallage
  11. thrallborn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thraldom (page history and authors); thraldom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thraldom (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thraldom (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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