Helotage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of a helot. uncountable

    "Spartan helotage represents perhaps the most peculiar slave system studied in this book."

Example

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"Spartan helotage represents perhaps the most peculiar slave system studied in this book."

Etymology

From helot + -age.

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