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Meaning of thraldom | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈθɹɔːl.dəm/

Definitions

A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“For ye into like thraldome me did throw, And kept from complishing the faith which I did owe.”
“Beauteous Penthea […] is novv ſo yoak'd / To a moſt barbarous thraldome, miſery, / Affliction, that [s]he ſauors not humanity.”
“The wretched thraldom was over,—and what had it left?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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