| 单词 |
chiefdom |
| 释义 |
chiefdom|ˈtʃiːfdəm| [f. chief n. + -dom.] The estate, position or dominion of a chief; headship, leadership, chief place.
1579E. K. Gloss. Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Apr., The chiefdome and soveraintie of all flowers and greene hearbes. 1601Deacon & Walker Answ. Darel 146 They haue a superioritie and chiefdome ouer the kingdomes of the world. 1656S. H. Gold. Law To Rdr. 2, I aimed both at Reason and Rhethorick; but principally the first, as first in worth and chiefdom. 1860Forster Gr. Remonstr. 64 The sway of a feudal chiefdom..was ending. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. xlix. 117 To continue in the obscure dignity of his petty chiefdom. |

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