thraldom

  • 81thrall — I. n. 1. Slave, bondman, vassal, serf. 2. See thraldom. II. v. a. Enslave, enthrall …

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  • 82yoke — I. n. 1. Bond, chain, link, tie, ligature. 2. Bondage, servitude, service, dependence, subjection, thraldom, vassalage. II. v. a. Join, couple, link, interlink, conjoin, connect, associate …

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  • 83bondage — noun our own freedom is not so gratifying when we must look upon the bondage of others Syn: slavery, enslavement, servitude, subjugation, subjection, oppression, domination, exploitation, persecution; enthrallment, thraldom; historical serfdom,… …

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  • 84enthral — /ɛnˈθrɔl / (say en thrawl), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) (enthralled, enthralling) 1. to captivate; charm. 2. to put or hold in thraldom; subjugate. Also, Chiefly US, enthrall. {en 1 + thral(l)} –enthraller, noun –enthralment; US, enthrallment …

  • 85warrantia custodiae — /wohr?ensh(iy)a kastowdiyiy/ An old English writ, which lay for him who was challenged to be a ward to another, in respect to land said to be holden by knight service; which land, when it was bought by the ancestors of the ward, was warranted… …

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  • 86Misera est servitus ubi jus est vagum aut incognitum — Wretched is the thraldom where the law is either uncertain or unknown. See 1 Bl Comm 416 …

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  • 87thrall — ► NOUN ▪ the state of being in another s power: she was in thrall to her husband. DERIVATIVES thraldom (also thralldom) noun. ORIGIN Old Norse, «slave» …

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  • 88thralldom — thrall ► NOUN ▪ the state of being in another s power: she was in thrall to her husband. DERIVATIVES thraldom (also thralldom) noun. ORIGIN Old Norse, «slave» …

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  • 89thralldom — or thraldom [thrôl′dəm] n. the condition of being a thrall; servitude; slavery …

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  • 90bonded labor — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑bondage, ↑slavery, ↑thrall, ↑thralldom, ↑thraldom …

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