At first Matenge had hated his brother because he felt the chieftaincy should be his, and this hatred drove him to overreach himself until he was discovered in a plot to assassinate his brother.
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Chieftaincy
//ˈtʃiːftənsi//
Synonyms for "chieftaincy" (136 found)
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nationnationalitynobilitypapacypashadompashalicpatriarchatepatriarchypolispolitypontificalitypontificatepopedompopehoodpopeshippossessionpowerprefectshipprefecturepremiership
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The two principles that governed my life at Mqhekezweni were chieftaincy and the Church.
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And it does not help that the lowermost part of Broadway was originally laid out as a footpath by the people of the Wickquasgeck chieftaincy, long before Europeans arrived.
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