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SERFDOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("serfdom" is a kind of...):
bondage; slavery; thraldom; thrall; thralldom (the state of being under the control of another person)
Derivation:
serf ((Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord)