The state or condition of being a serf, a person in the past who was like a slave and had to work for a lord.
Serfhood is a sad and hard way of life.
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Serfhood was a hard life for many people.
The people in serfhood had to work for the lord.
In serfhood, people had to do what the lord said.
I don't want to live in serfhood!
Serfhood meant you had to work all the time and had no freedom.
The people in serfhood had a very hard life.