† churldom Obs.
[See -dom.]
The state of being a churl or bondman.
| c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T., De Avaritia ¶692 (Harl. MS.) This name of cherldom [so also Christch. MS.; other MSS. read thraldom] was never erst couth til Noe sayde that his sone Chanaan schulde be thral of his bretheren. |