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Definition of Chiefery
1. Noun. The act of leading, managing and developing a person or group of people towards a greater goal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiefery
1. an Irish chieftaincy [n CHIEFERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiefery
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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