How do you use Chieftainship in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like chieftaincy or position, plus the exact meaning.
Chieftainship meaning
- The state of being a chieftain
- The area ruled by a chieftain
Using Chieftainship
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being a chieftain | The area ruled by a chieftain
- Useful related words include: chieftaincy, position, post, berth.
Context around Chieftainship
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chieftainship
- In this selection, "chieftainship" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hereditary and neromwe stand out and add context to how "chieftainship" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include achieved his chieftainship because of and of neromwe chieftainship. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chieftainship" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chieftainship
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In his opposing affidavit, Chief Tshovani, through his lawyers Majoko and Majoko Legal Practitioners, is challenging the legality of Neromwe chieftainship. (21 words)
Through his mother, he was born into the prominent Wind Clan of the Creek; as the Creek had a matrilineal system of descent and inheritance, he achieved his chieftainship because of her. (32 words)
Stools already functioned as traditional symbols of chieftainship, but the Golden Stool represented the united spirit of all the allied states and established a dual allegiance that superimposed the confederacy over the individual component states. (35 words)
On why Manipur never enforced the Act to scrap hereditary chieftainship for decades since the bill was passed by the assembly and cleared by the President, state government sources said the fault lies with successive Congress governments in the state. (40 words)
Stools already functioned as traditional symbols of chieftainship, but the Golden Stool represented the united spirit of all the allied states and established a dual allegiance that superimposed the confederacy over the individual component states. (35 words)
Through his mother, he was born into the prominent Wind Clan of the Creek; as the Creek had a matrilineal system of descent and inheritance, he achieved his chieftainship because of her. (32 words)
Example sentences (4)
On why Manipur never enforced the Act to scrap hereditary chieftainship for decades since the bill was passed by the assembly and cleared by the President, state government sources said the fault lies with successive Congress governments in the state.
In his opposing affidavit, Chief Tshovani, through his lawyers Majoko and Majoko Legal Practitioners, is challenging the legality of Neromwe chieftainship.
Stools already functioned as traditional symbols of chieftainship, but the Golden Stool represented the united spirit of all the allied states and established a dual allegiance that superimposed the confederacy over the individual component states.
Through his mother, he was born into the prominent Wind Clan of the Creek; as the Creek had a matrilineal system of descent and inheritance, he achieved his chieftainship because of her.