thraldom

CIDE DICTIONARY

thraldom, n. [Icel. rældōmr. See Thrall, and -dom.].

 The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.  [1913 Webster]
"Women are born to thraldom and penance
And to be under man's governance."  [1913 Webster]
"He shall rule, and she in thraldom live."  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

thraldom

Subjection

N subjection, dependence, dependency, subordination, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom, feudalism, feudality, vassalage, villenage, slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude, conquest, service, servitude, servitorship, tendence, employ, tutelage, clientship, liability, constraint, oppression, yoke, submission, obedience, subject, dependent, subordinate, feudal, feudatory, in subjection to, under control, in leading strings, in harness, subjected, enslaved, constrained, downtrodden, overborne, overwhelmed, under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked, the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of, under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb, a slave to, at the mercy of, in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of, at the feet of, at one's beck and call, liable, parasitical, stipendiary, under, slaves - in a land of light and law.