Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Chieftainship.
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Examples
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O'er crested chieftainry [120] thy state, O thou, of right assuming!
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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Within Ireland this grand old chieftainry of Tir-Chonaill had always, strangely, drawn her affection.
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Donald's title, but to the Irish, among whom the electoral principle was the source of all chieftainry, it was not so.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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Donald's title, but to the Irish, among whom the electoral principle was the source of all chieftainry, it was not so.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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