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chieftaincy
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈtʃiːf.tən.si/ us /ˈtʃiːf.tən.si/
the position of leader of a tribe(= a group of people, often of related families, who live together):
He was heir to the chieftaincy of a tribe in the south of the country.
The continent was divided into thousands of kingdoms and chieftaincies whose systems of government had evolved over centuries.
They fought one another in struggles over the control of land at the borders of the chieftaincies.
A particular territory is only indirectly associated with a chieftaincy.
Conflict had erupted between factions competing for the chieftaincy of the tribe.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People in charge of or controlling other people
acephalous
administrator
anti-management
authority
bureaucrat
council
counter-power
dean
deputy
dominatrix
mistress
movers and shakers
multi-headed
officer
officialdom
tsar
vice presidency
vice president
vicegerency
vicegerent
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