Chieftainship
[tʃi:ftәnʃip]
Definition
(n.) The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
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Examples
- He is necessarily both their general and their judge, and his chieftainship is the necessary effect of the superiority of his fortune. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thousands of comparatively pacific little village republics and chieftainships were spread over the land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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