Definition of CHIEFTAINSHIP. Meaning of CHIEFTAINSHIP. Synonyms of CHIEFTAINSHIP

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Definition of CHIEFTAINSHIP

Chieftainship
Chieftaincy Chief"tain*cy, Chieftainship Chief"tain*ship, n. The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.

Meaning of CHIEFTAINSHIP from wikipedia

- A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is a leader of a tribal society or of a chiefdom. There is no definition for "tribe". The concept of tribe is a broadly...
- Mizo chieftainship refers to the system of chieftainship used by the Mizo people, which historically operated as a gerontocracy. The chieftain system...
- Surname Gaelic Form Ó Maolchatha, Ó Maolchathaigh Origin South Munster Chieftainship No Chiefly line known Heraldry A White Yew Tree Variants Mulcaghy, Mulkay...
- a Druze family that intermittently held or contested the paramount chieftainship of the Druze districts of Mount Lebanon in opposition to the Ma'n and...
- language term that translates literally to 'highest chieftainship' or 'unqualified chieftainship', but is also translated as "absolute sovereignty" or...
- death in 1871. He presided over several conflicts during his period of chieftainship. Vanhnuailiana's father, Lalsavunga, originally migrated his settlement...
- significant part of Mizo history as it formally abolished the Mizo chieftainship system in 1954. It also encountered the 1959 Mautam famine, which led...
- Gíolla Íosa Mór Mág Tighearnán (anglicised 'Big' Gilleese McKiernan) was chief of the McKiernan Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhunco barony, County Cavan...
- Mizo culture Chieftainship Bawi system Christianity Headhunting jhum Mautam Lushai warfare Lushai animism Pialral Pasalṭha Mizo calendar British ****am...
- descendants extorted bazaars and markets in Lushai territory. Mizo Chieftainship Mizo people Ropuiliani Chatterjee 1995, p. 135. Elly 1978, p. 3. Elly...