Definition of Chiefery

1. Noun. The act of leading, managing and developing a person or group of people towards a greater goal. ¹

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Definition of Chiefery

1. an Irish chieftaincy [n CHIEFERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiefery

chief of staff
chief of state
chief operating officer
chief petty officer
chief petty officers
chief scientist
chiefage
chiefdom
chiefdoms
chiefe
chiefer
chiefery (current term)
chiefes
chiefess
chiefesses
chiefest
chiefless
chiefly
chiefrie
chiefries
chiefry
chiefs
chiefs of state
chiefship
chiefships
chieftain

Literary usage of Chiefery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ancient Irish Histories: The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer, and by Edmund Spenser, Meredith Hanmer (1809)
"... rike for chiefery. Whereupon there arose deadly hatred and ... lost his chiefery, and with shame enough returned to his own country. ..."

2. Modern Russian History: Being an Authoritative and Detailed History of by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kornilov (1916)
"The position of Russia in Europe at that time was well characterised later by Ivan Aksakov who named the period the epoch of Russia's " police- chiefery" in ..."

3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1888)
"... beginning with an account of Celtic feudalism, and of the development of “leadership and chiefery,” and slowly tracing the history of the country, ..."

4. An Historical Review of the State of Ireland from the Invasion of that by Francis Plowden (1805)
"... and successors, all such manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and. all right, title, service, chiefery, use, trust, condition, fee, rent charge, ..."

5. The Union of England and Scotland;: A Study of International History by JAMES. MACKINNON (1896)
"Henceforth the strength of an united kingdom is marshalled against the power of the chiefs, and it is evident that " chiefery," both as a social and ..."

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