Definition of Chieftainship. Meaning of Chieftainship. Synonyms of Chieftainship

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Definition of Chieftainship

Chieftainship
Chieftaincy Chief"tain*cy, Chieftainship Chief"tain*ship, n. The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.

Meaning of Chieftainship from wikipedia

- A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal...
- other Indigenous groups in the 1840s and 1850s. He succeeded to the chieftainship in 1870 after the death of his father from smallpox. He was a signatory...
- whole animal. Chieftainships: 1606-2013 Mangwende dynasty, formerly in Matandandura and Matukutu, settles in Nhowe. The chieftainship changes hands between...
- Surname Gaelic Form Ó Maolchatha, Ó Maolchathaigh Origin South Munster Chieftainship No Chiefly line known Heraldry A White Yew Tree Variants Mulcaghy, Mulkay...
- territorial designationpertaining to the Grant of Arms) A Scottish chieftainship (the head of a cadet branch of a clan which has a chief) A clan chief...
- The Dalc****ians (Irish: Dál gCais [ˌd̪ˠaːlˠ ˈɡaʃ]) are a Gaelic Irish clan, generally accepted by contemporary scholarship as being a branch of the Déisi...
- a Druze family that intermittently held or contested the paramount chieftainship of the Druze districts of Mount Lebanon in opposition to the Ma'n and...
- patrilineal dynasties of Ireland, Scotland and Mann, to succeed to the chieftainship or to the kingship. The word is preserved in the Republic of Ireland's...
- Many parts of Northern regions of the Indian subcontinent were ruled as sovereign or princely states by various clans consisting of Jats. Kingdom of Bharatpur...
- language term that translates literally to 'highest chieftainship' or 'unqualified chieftainship', but is also translated as "self-determination", "sovereignty"...