mandom en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmændəm/
Etymology
From man + -dom.
Meanings
-
(dated, uncountable) mankind
Nay without this law / Of mandom, ye would perish, — beast by beast / Devouring, — tree by tree, with strangling roots / And trunks set tuskwise.
1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile: