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chieftainship

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13 lettersPart of speech nounSorted acefhhiiinpstStarts with CEnds with P0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the position of chieftain

Word origin

From chieftain + -ship. Piecewise doublet of captainship.

Used in a sentence

  • 1852 Commission to Inquire into the Past and Present State of the Kafirs Shortly after the death of his father, Chaka obtained the chieftainship of the Zulu nation, through the influence of his patron.
  • They exist in chieftainships, each head of which has his own local jurisdiction, civil and criminal.

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