chieftainryn.
/ˈtʃiːftɪnri/ 1. The rank of chieftain, chieftaincy; the rule or territory of a chieftain.
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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
1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 189 They were..divided into the like petty chieftaineries as we find them to have been in Wales.
1773 S. Johnson Let. 24 Sept. (1992) II. 83 The Laird..has sometimes disputed the chieftainry of the Clan with Macleod of Skie.
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. v. 366 The..chieftainry of Fergus descended to his son.
1833 Blackwood's Mag. 34 326 A county of half-barbarian chieftainries.
2. A body of chieftains collectively.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > collectively
chieftainry1807
1807 Annual Rev. 5 584 An aristocratic chieftainry.
1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians ii. iv, in Comedies 49 Not thought to hate the chieftainry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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