Chieftainship

Quick meaning: Chieftainship is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state of being a chieftain.

Meaning

(uncountable) The state of being a chieftain.

More Meanings

1. (countable) The area ruled by a chieftain

Example Sentences

They exist in chieftainships, each head of which has his own local jurisdiction, civil and criminal.

1852 Commission to Inquire into the Past and Present State of the Kafirs Shortly after the death of his father, Chaka obtained the chieftainship of the Zulu nation, through the influence of his patron.

First as Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway, and then as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the L.N.E.R., his chieftainship bridges not merely 28 years of great events in the railway world, but has also witnessed a complete transition from the old operating methods, when engines were nursed and groomed like racehorses, to the stringent economic conditions of today.

Word Forms

• chieftainships

Synonyms for chieftainship

Depending on context, synonyms include chieftaincy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftaindom, chiefery, chieftainess, chieftess.

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