Chiefdom

Word CHIEFDOM
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Definitions and meanings of "Chiefdom"

What do we mean by chiefdom?

An area or region governed by a chief.

A society larger than a tribe but smaller or simpler than a state.

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The word "chiefdom" in example sentences

This phenomenon was due in part to the impact of the Swiss mission, whose amenities and welcoming attitude toward itinerant women helped to alter the gendered terms on which the chiefdom was accessible to outsiders. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Stonehenge is the remnant of a chiefdom, which is what you get with the invention of agriculture: multi-village polity with centralized rule. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Sebituane's successor in the chiefdom was his daughter, Ma-mochisane. ❋ Blaikie, William G. (1880)

This is one trap, but being in this trap represents a clan-based society, or a chiefdom if one clan can assert dominance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How to Train Your Dragon is the story of Hiccup, heir of Viking chiefdom and the most lovable, unlikely hero, and his quest to hunt down the fiercest dragon, bring it into submission, and pass his initiation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That is why millions of Americans rightfully rejoiced when it was discovered that we now have a candidate who harkens back to those halcyon days of tribal chiefdom. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The $500 dollar lunches are a Washington staple, as is purchasing a provincial police chiefdom in Afghanistan ($100,000). ❋ Unknown (2009)

You go from hunter-gatherer village to agrarian chiefdom to ancient city-state and so on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But Berlin found his candidacy for the state chiefdom unpopular with rural-based officials. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Under the Tinkhundla system of government in Africa's last absolute monarchy, elections start at the chiefdom level. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After Chief Powhatan died, his brother, Opechancanough, took over his chiefdom. ❋ Maggiemac (2008)

They were the largest and strongest chiefdom in New England. ❋ Maggiemac (2008)

That treaty placed Cockacoeske as leader over a number of Indian nations, including the Rappahannock and the Chickahominy, who had not previously been subject to the Powhatan chiefdom. ❋ Maggiemac (2008)

But how chanced it that, with such a consciousness of inability to fight in this battle, you proffered even now to share your chiefdom with my daughter? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Candidates then compete at chiefdom level and then go on to compete with the winners from other chiefdoms. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The social structure was that of chiefdom, allied communities were governed by an elite whose positions were inherited or earned by outstanding accomplishments. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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