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chieftaincies

chieftaincies is the plural of chieftaincy.

Meaning of chieftaincy

Noun

chieftaincy (plural chieftaincies)

  1. The position or period of rule of a chief.
    • At first Matenge had hated his brother because he felt the chieftaincy should be his, and this hatred drove him to overreach himself until he was discovered in a plot to assassinate his brother.1969, Bessie Head, When Rain Clouds Gather, Heinemann, published 1995, pages 40–41
  2. The area or population ruled by a chief.
    • And it does not help that the lowermost part of Broadway was originally laid out as a footpath by the people of the Wickquasgeck chieftaincy, long before Europeans arrived.2009 March 2, David W. Dunlap, “Broadway Traffic Cure Elusive Since the 1800s”, in New York Times

Questions about chieftaincies

What is chieftaincies the plural of?
Chieftaincies is the plural of chieftaincy.

Words near chieftaincies in the dictionary

  1. chiefs of staffs
  2. chiefs of state
  3. chiefship
  4. chiefships
  5. chieftain
  6. chieftaincies
  7. chieftaincy
  8. chieftaindom
  9. chieftaindoms
  10. chieftainess
  11. chieftainesses

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