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Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
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- noun The position or period of rule of a chief.
- noun The area or population ruled by a chief.
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- noun the position of chieftain
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such chieftaincy disputes are frequent in the Greater Accra region and in other parts of the country.
Ghanaian Youth Leader Urges Elders to End Chieftaincy Disputes 2011
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But these days, people are buying the chieftaincy institutions with their money, he said.
Ghanaian Youth Leader Urges Elders to End Chieftaincy Disputes 2011
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We have a chieftaincy constitution in our country.
Ghanaian Youth Leader Urges Elders to End Chieftaincy Disputes 2011
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The national organizer of a Ghanaian youth association is calling on elders and traditional rulers to help resolve a brewing conflict over a chieftaincy dispute.
Ghanaian Youth Leader Urges Elders to End Chieftaincy Disputes 2011
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Intoxicated by the accolades, he changed his gait and began to sway like a peacock with his flamboyant suede chieftaincy regalia contributing to the glamour.
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But these days, people are buying the chieftaincy institutions with their money, he said.
Ghanaian Youth Leader Urges Elders to End Chieftaincy Disputes 2011
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The national organizer of a Ghanaian youth association is calling on elders and traditional rulers to help resolve a brewing conflict over a chieftaincy dispute.
Ghanaian Youth Leader Urges Elders to End Chieftaincy Disputes 2011
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Though there were a number older than he, they acknowledged his chieftaincy.
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Such chieftaincy disputes are frequent in the Greater Accra region and in other parts of the country.
Ghanaian Youth Leader Urges Elders to End Chieftaincy Disputes 2011
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Intoxicated by the accolades, he changed his gait and began to sway like a peacock with his flamboyant suede chieftaincy regalia contributing to the glamour.
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- aedileship
- ally
- archbishopric
- archduchy
- archdukedom
- archiepiscopacy
- archiepiscopate
- aristocracy
- bishopric
- body politic
- buffer state
- captive nation
- chairmanship
- chancellery
- chancellorate
- chancellorship
- chiefery
- chiefry
- chieftainry
- chieftainship
- city-state
- colony
- commonweal
- commonwealth
- consulate
- consulship
- country
- county
- deanery
- dictatorship
- dictature
- directorship
- domain
- dominion
- duchy
- dukedom
- earldom
- emirate
- empery
- empire
- episcopacy
- free city
- governorship
- grand duchy
- headship
- hegemony
- hierarchy
- kingdom
- land
- leadership
- lordship
- magistracy
- magistrateship
- magistrature
- mandant
- mandate
- mandated territory
- mandatee
- mandatory
- masterdom
- mastership
- mastery
- mayoralty
- mayorship
- metropolitanate
- metropolitanship
- nation
- nationality
- nobility
- papacy
- pashadom
- pashalic
- patriarchate
- patriarchy
- polis
- polity
- pontificality
- pontificate
- popedom
- popehood
- popeship
- possession
- power
- prefectship
- prefecture
- premiership
- presidency
- presidentship
- prime-ministership
- prime-ministry
- princedom
- princeship
- principality
- principate
- proconsulate
- proconsulship
- protectorate
- protectorship
- province
- provostry
- provostship
- puppet government
- puppet regime
- realm
- rectorate
- rectorship
- regency
- regentship
- republic
- ruling class
- satellite
- seigniory
- seneschalship
- seneschalsy
- seneschalty
- settlement
- sheikhdom
- sheriffalty
- sheriffcy
- sheriffdom
- shrievalty
- sovereign nation
- state
- sultanate
- superpower
- supervisorship
- suzerainship
- suzerainty
- territory
- toparchia
- toparchy
- tribunate
- vizierate
- viziership
vendingmachine commented on the word chieftaincy
Through his father, Mugabe claimed membership of the chieftaincy family that has provided the hereditary rulers of Zvimba for generations.
August 5, 2020