Definition of "chiefdom" []

• An area or region governed by a chief. (noun)
• A society larger than a tribe but smaller or simpler than a state. (noun)

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• "This phenomenon was due in part to the impact of the Swiss mission, whose amenities and welcoming attitude toward itinerant women helped to alter the gendered terms on which the chiefdom was accessible to outsiders."
• "Stonehenge is the remnant of a chiefdom, which is what you get with the invention of agriculture: multi-village polity with centralized rule."
• "Sebituane's successor in the chiefdom was his daughter, Ma-mochisane."