Definition of Sachemic

1. sachem [adj] - See also: sachem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sachemic

sacerdotalism
sacerdotalisms
sacerdotalist
sacerdotalists
sacerdotalize
sacerdotalized
sacerdotalizing
sacerdotally
sacerdotical
sachaline
sachel
sachels
sachem
sachemdom
sachemdoms
sachemic (current term)
sachems
sachemship
sachemships
sachet
sacheted
sachets
saciety
sack-whey
sack-winged
sack coat
sack man
sack out
sack race

Literary usage of Sachemic

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

1. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"We had not proceeded far, before we met ten or fifteen sachemic looking old Indians, well mounted, and two of them carrying gold-headed canes with tassels, ..."

2. New Jersey as a Colony and as a State: One of the Original Thirteen by Francis Bazley Lee (1902)
"At the same time, after the English conquest of 1664, the sachemic and tribal customs of the Lenni-Lenape" were recognized by law. ..."

3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1921)
"Senior bacteriologist, sachemic division, Bur. of Animal Industry, US Dept. of Agric., Wife- ton, DC F, G, N, O. *Tillson, Benjamin Franklin. Ph.B., EM M17, ..."

4. The Rev. Samuel Peters', LL. D., General History of Connecticut, from Its by Samuel Peters (1877)
"He enters the sachemic dome with the same simple freedom as he enters the wigwam of his brother: neither dazzled at the splendour nor awed by the power of ..."

5. A Historical Discourse, Delivered by Request Before the Citizens of New by James Luce Kingsley (1838)
"Hereupon, Haynes and his assembly proclaimed Joshua, Sachem; and such as did not acknowledge his sachemic power, were compelled to suffer death, ..."

6. The Kansa, Or Kaw Indians, and Their History, and the Story of Padilla by George P. Morehouse (1908)
"He enters the sachemic dome with the same simple freedom as he enters the wigwam of his brother, neither dazzled at the splendor nor awed by the power of ..."

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