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Sachemship

Sachemship \Sa"chem*ship\, n. Office or condition of a sachem.

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sachemship

n. The office or position of a sachem.

Usage examples of "sachemship".

It was the name that had been given to the member of the Snipe clan who held that sachemship in each generation since the first Sadagoyase, one of the forty-nine who had sat at Onondaga with Hiawatha and Deganawida to establish the Iroquois League.