the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or character of being a thrall; bondage, literal or figurative; servitude.
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n. the state of being under the control of another person
Word Usage
"See what changes the nations of the earth are subject to, how they are emptied and increased again; and let not nations that prosper be secure, nor those that for the present are in thraldom despair."