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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

Български ро́бство
Dansk trældom
Français esclavage
Svenska träldom

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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