thralldom
- n the state of being under the control of another person
- Wipe out the ruling wealthy classes, Arise and slash your thralldom chains, Let power be wielded by the masses, Let those who labor hold the reins!.
- Gatti at the Metropolitan (Manhattan) is now engaged in major attempt to free opera from the thralldom of the star.
- Nearly one of every two men on earth lives in thralldom to a brand of totalitarianism that condemns religion as the opiate of the masseswhich has stirred some to heroic defense .