helotry

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noun

Collectively, the helots (slaves or bondsmen).

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Meanings

nounhelotry (countable and uncountable, plural helotries)

plural helotries

  1. countableuncountableAncient GreeceCollectively, the helots (slaves or bondsmen).

    Apparently influenced by Montesquieu's judgment that Spartan helotry combined the worst features of slavery and serfdom, Dew credited the Athenians with treating their slaves gently.

    2005, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Eugene D. Genovese, The Mind of the Master Class, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 289

Origin

From helot + -ry.

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APA

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Chicago

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