ˈhelotage [f.prec. + -age.] = helotism 1. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. iv. heading.1957K. A. Wittfogel Oriental Despotism 414 The helotage-based societies of ancient Greece.1962Listener 27 Sept. 478/3 Spartan helotage barely lasted into the second century b.c.