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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Through his father, Mugabe claimed membership of the chieftaincy family that has provided the hereditary rulers of Zvimba for generations.
August 5, 2020