Thraldom

thrall  (thrôl)

n.

1.

a. One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage.

b. One who is intellectually or morally enslaved.

2. Servitude; bondage: "a people in thrall to the miracles of commerce" Lewis H. Lapham.

tr.v. thralled, thrall·ing, thralls Archaic

To enslave.

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[Middle English, from Old English thrl, from Old Norse thrll.]

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thralldom, thraldom n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

thraldom - the state of being under the control of another person slavery, thrall, thralldom, bondage subjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others bonded labor - a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States servitude - state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude" serfdom, serfhood, vassalage - the state of a serf