CHIEFTAINCY


Meaning of CHIEFTAINCY in English

-tənsē, -tin-, -si noun

( -es )

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

2. : a subdivision of the land in early England ruled over by a chieftain

3. : chiefdom

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