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- noun Plural form of
chieftainship .
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Examples
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It demonstrated that native chieftainships in the Qing were largely assigned with the rank of county-level and below (zhixian, or magistrate of county, ranked 7a), since the number of native chieftains with rank 7 constituted more than one-third of all ranked native chieftains in the Qing Yunnan.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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It is worth noting that in ancient China-Cambodia-Thailand there was a Moeng Kindom and chieftainships and some of the names of the princes were Kham.
Moeng College 60th Anniversary Lauri 2009
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In mainland Southeast Asia large-scale Mon and Burmese states contended for resources alongside smaller confederations of Tai chieftainships, see for example:
Great structures? Daniel Little 2009
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The department contended then that the report contained advice and recommendations to help the department formulate a policy on the issue of disputed claims to chieftainships.
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About 1450, extensive warfare destroyed the predominance of Mayapán and the Quiché, and small chieftainships emerged as the main political units for the Mayas.
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The smaller atolls in the Carolines, for example, were basically egalitarian in character, while high islands such as Pohnpei and the Marshall Islands had a highly developed system of chieftainships.
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He accused the Eastern Cape legislature of being misled by SANCO and individuals opposed to chieftainships.
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Monarchy with the institutions of chieftainships elsewhere.
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The rally is a celebration of the restoration of peace in two chieftainships on the lower South Coast, and is being organised under the auspices of Port Shepstone's Local Dispute Resolution
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As a fact, there is no evidence whatever that the old Irish Pentarchy was much better than any five chieftainships of the
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