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What is a chiefdom?

What is a chiefdom? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An area or region governed by a chief.
  2. (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe but smaller or simpler than a state.
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One village from each chiefdom as well as the district headquarter town was selected for analysis.
In every situation, she had to endeavour to restore the peace required for the smooth functioning of the chiefdom.
The Northwest Coast Indians elaborated a hierarchical form of organization, or chiefdom.
John Momodu Kargbo, who heads an Ebola response team in the district said his village was in the poorest chiefdom of the Bombali region.
The main function of the chiefdom is to ensure compliance with the customary rules that it guarantees.
This point is well illustrated by the Ribbi chiefdom in the Moyamba district of Sierra Leone.

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