Serfdom
['sɝfdəm]
Definition
(n.) The state or condition of a serf.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Enslavement, slavery, servitude, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, vassalage, subjection.
Typed by Jack
Examples
- So mankind has progressed through savagery, chattel slavery, serfdom, to wage slavery or the capitalism of to-day. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Were Britain a serfdom and you the Czar, you could not _compel_ me to this step. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The great-grandfather was the first freeman of Pasteur's forbears, having purchased with money his emancipation from serfdom. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And he declared that he would have abolished serfdom if it had cost him his head--if only civilization had been more advanced. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The supply of slave labour had fallen off because the empire was no longer an invading but an invaded power; he turned to serfdom as the remedy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Led by several of the nobles, it made a clean sweep, in a series of resolutions, of serfdom, privileges, tax exemptions, tithes, feudal courts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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