slaveryl (slaver i)

[ "Yes, drink, Peggy," said Hash, thrusting his slavery lips close to her ear. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 6. slavery (slā'vėr-i), n. [Early mod. E. slaverie (= D. slavernij = G. sklaverei = Sw. slafveri = Dan. slaver i ); as slave2 + -ery .] 1. A state of servitude; the condition of a slave; bondage; entire subjection to the will and commands of another; the obligation to labor for a master a. Of or pertaining to the Slavs, their country, language, literature, etc.; Slavonian. II. n. The language or group of languages spoken by the Slavs: it is one of the primary branches of the great Indo-European or Aryan family. - Church Slavic, a name given to an ancient dialect of Bulgarian still used as the Biblical and liturgical language of the Orthodox Eastern Church in Ru ia and other Slavic countries. Also called Old Bulgarian . See Bulgarian .