serfdom
Example Sentences
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China says its intervention ended "backward feudal serfdom" and denied wrongdoing.
From Reuters
China denies wrongdoing there and says its intervention ended "backward feudal serfdom."
From Reuters
It is an epic saga of Judah Ben-Hur, the Jewish prince banished to Roman serfdom who after many vicissitudes returns to his people and is converted to Christianity.
From Los Angeles Times
“They kind of lock that person to this new flavor of serfdom where it’s, you might be decently paid, you’ve got access to it, but it will never be yours,” he said.
From New York Times
This nation endured 250 years of Mongol domination, followed by serfdom under the tsars and decades of life without freedom under the communists.
From New York Times
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