单词 | chieftaincy |
释义 | chieftaincyn. The rank or position of chieftain; government by a chieftain; = the earlier chieftainry n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > position of patriarchship1619 genarchaship1650 patriarchate1653 chieftainry1747 chieftainship1771 chieftaincy1817 1817 Monthly Rev. 88 203 Edward Davis having succeeded to the chieftaincy. 1835 S. T. Coleridge in Fraser's Mag. 12 494 The Greek chieftancies, had..passed into Constitutions. 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 459 The chieftaincies of the Celtic tribes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1817 |
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