Sheepdom

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being a sheep. uncountable

    "Harry sat between them, like a sheep as he was, very meekly--not without some enjoyment of his sheepdom, but still feeling that he was a sheep."

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"Harry sat between them, like a sheep as he was, very meekly--not without some enjoyment of his sheepdom, but still feeling that he was a sheep."

Etymology

From sheep + -dom.

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