subjectdomn.
/ˈsʌbdʒᵻktdəm/, /ˈsʌbdʒɛktdəm/, U.S. /ˈsəbdʒəktdəm/ rare.
The state or condition of being a subject.
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society > authority > subjection > [noun] > condition of being a subject
subjectiona1616
subjectship1775
subjectdom1848
subjecthood1856
1848 J. S. Smith Mirabeau I. iii. ii. 167 It may appear singular that..when..Mirabeau's foot was on the throne's step..that he should relapse so suddenly into complete subjectdom.
1877 G. Rolleston in W. Greenwell Brit. Barrows 698 No clue to its nationality, except in the political sense of subjectdom, therefore is available.
1901 W. P. C. Adams Second Biennial Rep. Labor Commissioner State Washington 12 The difference between compulsory arbitration and voluntary arbitration is the same as the difference between a subjectdom and a citizenship, or between a monarchy and a republic.
2010 C. E. Shumaker Formative Years Malysian Politics v. 104 The Chinese discovered that their demands for citizenship were inextricably entangled with..the question of subjectdom in the Malay States.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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