What does "bondage" mean?
Bondage: Obligation; tie of duty. He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought under the bondage of onserving oaths. South.
Additional senses
- 2.(Old Eng. Law) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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