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Definition of Sheikdom
1. Noun. The domain ruled by a sheik.
Definition of Sheikdom
1. Noun. The domain ruled by a sheik. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheikdom
1. the area ruled by a sheik [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheikdom
Literary usage of Sheikdom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia by James Silk Buckingham (1830)
"... of his sheikdom, when he fled for refuge to the porch of his oldest enemy in the
... to the full authority of his own sheikdom, and, with it, ..."
2. The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature by James Silk Buckingham (1829)
"... his sheikdom, when he fled for refuge to the porch of his oldest enemy in the
... full authority of his own sheikdom, and, with it, to the former enmity ..."
3. Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, Including a Journey from Bagdad by by James Silk Buckingham (1830)
"... of his sheikdom, when he fled for refuge to the porch of his oldest enemy in the
... to the full authority of his own sheikdom, and, with it, ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1864)
"... however, a breakwater of solid masonry which affords protection to small craft.
The town is the chief place of a district which touches the sheikdom of ..."