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chiefery

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chiefery (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 chieferies)

1. The status or role of a chief; chieftainship.
   • 2008, Lynn Schler, The Strangers of New Bell:
     Thus, in 1953, an individual named Paul Yana filed a complaint with the administration, claiming that in 1949 he had paid the Chef Supe/rieur of New Bell, Joseph Mongo, 15 000 francs, six bottles of Tuborg beer, three bottles of rum, one bottle of wine, and one sheep, in exchange for a promised chiefery, but that Mongo had not made the appointment.
2. The land ruled over by a chief; chieftainship.
   • 2016, Tamatoa Bambridge, The Rahui, →ISBN:
3. The form of government in which people are ruled by a chief.
4. A colonial administrative centre.
5. The leaders or chiefs of a people, collectively.
6. (historical) An Irish head tax

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