Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sovereignty.
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- noun An area or region governed by a
chief . - noun anthropology A society larger than a
tribe but smaller or simpler than astate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This phenomenon was due in part to the impact of the Swiss mission, whose amenities and welcoming attitude toward itinerant women helped to alter the gendered terms on which the chiefdom was accessible to outsiders.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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Stonehenge is the remnant of a chiefdom, which is what you get with the invention of agriculture: multi-village polity with centralized rule.
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Stonehenge is the remnant of a chiefdom, which is what you get with the invention of agriculture: multi-village polity with centralized rule.
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Stonehenge is the remnant of a chiefdom, which is what you get with the invention of agriculture: multi-village polity with centralized rule.
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Sebituane's successor in the chiefdom was his daughter, Ma-mochisane.
The Personal Life Of David Livingstone Blaikie, William G. 1880
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Sebituane's successor in the chiefdom was his daughter, Ma-mochisane.
The Personal Life of David Livingstone William Garden Blaikie 1859
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This is one trap, but being in this trap represents a clan-based society, or a chiefdom if one clan can assert dominance.
Culture, Capitalism, and Freedom, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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How to Train Your Dragon is the story of Hiccup, heir of Viking chiefdom and the most lovable, unlikely hero, and his quest to hunt down the fiercest dragon, bring it into submission, and pass his initiation.
Watch This: Third & Final How to Train Your Dragon Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2010
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That is why millions of Americans rightfully rejoiced when it was discovered that we now have a candidate who harkens back to those halcyon days of tribal chiefdom.
A Better Way to Judge the Candidates | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2008
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The $500 dollar lunches are a Washington staple, as is purchasing a provincial police chiefdom in Afghanistan ($100,000).
Stuart Whatley: American Plutocracy: Corruption Is in the Eye of the Beholder 2009
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