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thralldom

thralldom is the alternative spelling of thraldom.

Meaning of thraldom

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
    Synonyms:
    thrall

Forms of thralldom

pluralthralldoms

Questions about thralldom

What is thralldom the alternative spelling of?
Thralldom is the alternative spelling of thraldom.

Words near thralldom in the dictionary

  1. thraldoms
  2. Thrale
  3. thrall
  4. thrallage
  5. thrallborn
  6. thralldom
  7. thralldoms
  8. thralled
  9. thraller
  10. thrallers
  11. thralling

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