helotry en · NOUN
Etymology
From helot + -ry.
Meanings
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(countable, qualifier:Ancient Greece, uncountable) Collectively, 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| helotries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |