chieftaincy in a sentence

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1. He then signed official documents formalizing his chieftaincy, sat on a golden throne and presided over ceremonial dances.
2. Being a matrilineal society, the descendants of John Tucker were able to maintain claims to the chieftaincy throne.
3. Conjectures on Chiefdom Formation at the Very Moment of Conception . " In Chiefdoms and Chieftaincy in the Americas.
4. The Kabadi chieftaincy system is patrimonial and only the blood male heir can assume the position of paramount chief.
5. Hosi Njhakanhjaka's paramount Chieftaincy was restored in 1995 and is now recognised as a Tsonga paramount Chief.
6. He also researched into traditional Chieftaincy title in Nigeria where he described it as long and prohibitive to attain.
7. He holds the chieftaincy title of the "'Turaki "'of the Fula emirate of Ilorin.
8. He has been honoured with a Yoruba Chieftaincy in Nigeria and received State decorations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Colombia.
9. Besides maintaining claims to chieftaincy, some Tucker descendants became powerful traders and middlemen between African and European business interests.
10. During Oratam's chieftaincy, the region was settled by New Netherland Dutch, an amalgam of northern Europeans.