CHIEFTAINCY


Meaning of CHIEFTAINCY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -sē ]

noun

( plural -cies )

Date: 1788

1. : the rank, dignity, office, or rule of a chieftain

2. : a region or a people ruled by a chief : chiefdom

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