destoolv.
/diːˈstuːl/ transitive. To remove (an African tribal chief) from authority. Cf. stool n. 1e.
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > remove tribal chief from stool
destool1929
1929 R. S. Rattray Ashanti Law & Constit. 83 The person of a Chief was..invested with sanctity, just so long as he sat upon the Stool of his dead ancestors. This is the reason why there was a reaction the moment a Chief was destooled.
1962 Economist 15 Sept. 998/2 Assassination is a deplorable way of destooling a chief.
Derivatives
deˈstoolment n.
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1929 R. S. Rattray Ashanti Law & Constit. 82 Failure to accept such guidance and advice was a legitimate cause for destoolment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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