thraldom

== English == === Alternative forms === thraldome (obsolete) thralldom === Etymology === From Middle English thraldom, þraldom. Compare Danish trældom, Norwegian trelldom, Swedish träldom. By surface analysis, thral(l) +‎ -dom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθɹɔːl.dəm/ === Noun === thraldom (countable and uncountable, plural thraldoms) (literary or puristic, otherwise archaic) A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person. Synonym: thrall ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tharledom, thraldam, þraldam, þraldame, þraldom, þraldome, þraldum, þralldom ðraldom, þreldom (especially Early Middle English); tharldome, thraldome, thralldam, thralledom (Late Middle English) tharldon, tharldum (Northern); thyrldome (Early Scots) === Etymology === From thral +‎ -dom, possibly as a calque of Old Norse þrældómr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθralˌdoːm/ (reduced) IPA(key): /ˈθraldam/, /ˈθraldum/ === Noun === thraldom (uncountable) Slavery, domination; the subjection of a person or group into bondage. Obedience, submissiveness; the following of another's orders. (religion) Spiritual subjection or control. ==== Descendants ==== English: thraldom, thralldom Scots: thirldom ==== References ==== “thraldọ̄̆m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.