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Date: 900-1000
Language: Old Norse
Origin: thræll

thrall

 noun
     
thrall

in somebody's/something's thrall

also in thrall to somebody/something literary controlled or strongly influenced by someone or something:
We have a congress that is in thrall to special interest groups.
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