slavehoodn.
/ˈsleɪvhʊd/, U.S. /ˈsleɪvˌ(h)ʊd/ The state or condition of being a slave; enslavement.In quot. 1921 in the context of a sadomasochistic relationship; cf. slave n. 2c.
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society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun]
theowdomc893
thralshipc1200
thraldomc1275
thrallhead1297
servagec1300
thrall14..
bondage1330
dangera1375
servicea1382
servitutea1393
thaneheada1400
thrillagec1400
serviturea1422
servitudec1425
thrildomc1480
thirldom1489
thirlage1513
servilityc1530
slavedom1562
serviceage1594
bondmanship1611
bond-service1611
slaverya1616
slavishnessa1620
bond slavery1835
chattelship1857
chattelhood1871
thirl-band1871
thirl-service-
1833 Philol. Museum 2 143 Those freedmen who had suffered ignominious punishments during their slavehood.
1871 Biblical Repertory & Princeton Rev. Index Vol. 1825–68 16 The Abolitionists..maintained that all slavehood, as inconsistent with the inalienable rights of man, and with the law of love, is sinful.
1921 F. Savage tr. L. von Sacher-Masoch Venus in Furs 105 It seems she has completely forgotten the contract, my slavehood.
1986 J. M. Coetzee Foe i. 36 What had held Friday back all these years from beating in his master's head with a stone while he slept, so bringing slavehood to an end?
2005 Mississippi Q. 58 708 The legal fact of slavehood, to be un-free, begins with a loss of ownership over one's body.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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