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† ˈchiefty Obs.
[f. chief + -ty.]
Headship, supremacy, sovereignty; chief place, or degree.
1552Huloet, Cheiftye, or cheife gouernaunce, or supremacy, primatus. Cheifty, or pryncipall rule of holy matters, hierarchia. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. 104 To giue the soueraigntie, or chieftie of their Landes from them, to a straunger. 1616Hieron Wks. II. 36 Surely, that, which hath the chieftie in a mans desire, will preuaile most in his endeuour. a1626W. Sclater Expos. Rom. iv. (1650) 176 The chiefety of our hope and confidence must be placed in God. 1644Hunton Vind. Treat. Monarchy v. 39 These Titles..import only Utmost chiefty. |