chieftainship
- noun
- /ˈtʃiːftənˌʃɪp/
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jefatura
- The second accomplishment is the agreement of high-ranking chiefs to share the land as though their hereditary chieftainship were of equal status and rank with the remaining collective.
Examples
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We are recommending that you resign any claim to the chieftainship, and that you announce that fact to your tribe with a meeting.
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After much debate, she was chosen to assume the chieftainship and lead her people through difficult times.
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I would personally demand that you give up all claim to the chieftainship, and that your uncle do the same.
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The traditional chieftainship tends to rotate among several leading families.
Academic text (1994) -
In the past, both property inheritance and succession to the chieftainship followed maternal lines, from a man to his sister's sons and daughters.
Academic text (1992) -
The contract clearly recognized the Pai as a tribe as well as the tripartite division and chieftainship of that tribe.
Academic text (1998) -
The traditional hereditary principle of Pai chieftainship carried Cherum's son Bob into much the same position, however honorary it may have become.
Academic text (1998) -
Such succession in office in 1866-67, while the Pais were still autonomous, constitutes strong evidence that eligibility for chieftainship and actual leadership was hereditary.
Academic text (1998) -
The council decided that the chieftainship would be passed to his eldest son during the special ceremony.
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His experience in warfare and diplomacy helped him gain the chieftainship and unite the rival clans.
Synonyms
2
7.5
The time a leader has power over a country
1
6.6
The time when a person leads a group
The position and power of a tribal leader who leads people
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Morphology
Etymology
Chieftainship starts with chief, which comes from an old word for 'head' and is the same idea you see in captain, so a chieftain is literally the 'head' of a group. The ending -ship means 'the state or position of', like in friendship or leadership, so chieftainship is the 'head' position or power of a tribe or clan.