sheepdom

English

Etymology

sheep +‎ -dom

Noun

sheepdom (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being a sheep.
   • c. 1867, Anthony Trollope, The Claverings‎^[1]:

     Harry sat between them, like a sheep as he was, very meekly--not without some enjoyment of his sheepdom, but still feeling that he was a sheep.

   • 1919, Caroline Lockhart, The Fighting Shepherdess‎^[2]:

     In the shape of a wedge with a leader at the point of it, they were running with a definite purpose and as though all the dogs in sheepdom were heeling them.