When Abram was "confederate" with the three Amorite chieftains it was known as Mamre (Gen.
But he had ceased to be "Abram the Hebrew," the confederate of the Amorite chieftains in the plain of Mamre, and had become Abraham the father of the promised seed.
Now these same Helots, though forced into the field by the arbitrary authority of the chieftains under whom they hewed wood and drew water, were in general very sparingly fed, ill dressed, and worse armed.
Others are more modern, the composition of those family bards whom the chieftains of more distinguished name and power retain as the poets and historians of their tribes.
The countenance of the Mameluke chieftains is now threatening.
The viceroy requires that the Sitta shall not return to her house, as he has been informed that she often receives the visits of the Mameluke chieftains there.
Before long he persuaded the Druse chieftains to address a petition to England asking for British protection.
Title borne by some Rajput chieftains in Western India.
In many cases in Nimar Rajput immigrants appear to have married the daughters of Bhil chieftains and landholders, and succeeded to their estates.
These Seven Barrows are imagined to be the burial places of seven chieftains slain at the battle of Ashdown, and adjacent mounds supposedly contain the corpses of the rank and file.
According to the Welsh Triads the first-comer to these islands was not Bru, but a mysterious and mighty Hu: "The first of the three chieftains who established the colony was Hu the Mighty, who came with the original settlers.
And the spirits of the departed were supposed to be seen visiting the earth, sometimes in the guise of a Celtic warrior careering on the wind, and sometimes in the form of one of the old northern chieftains sitting solitary upon his barrow.
So long as the native chieftains were allowed to exercise a subordinate authority, the Northumbrian kings had no occasion to interfere with the internal government of the subject provinces.
A few stones tumbled down, and lying about loose, still indicate the site of the mean and narrow tenement which sheltered the infancy of one of the greatest political chieftains of modern times.
At the time we speak of, he was one of the most popular men in the State of Illinois, and was one of the foremost chieftains of the political party which invariably carried the county and the district in which Mr. Lincoln lived.
This was a very plain way of telling the chieftains that they would be hanged and their houses burned, if they neglected to send the message on to the next chief.
Then let my swiftest runners carry staffs of invitation to all the chieftains round about and bid them gather at a royal feast to celebrate the wedding of King Agne and the fair Princess Skialf.
I am often compelled to put these unhappy chieftains into chains until they collect one or two hundred porters.
Already I have had to make war three times against the chieftains who will not take part in this work.
Still nearer let thy glance be bent, And mark that prince preëminent Mid chieftains for his strength and size And splendour of his lotus eyes.
Nor ceased he yet: his bow he strained, And from the sounding weapon rained A storm of shafts whose fiery glare Filled all the region of the air; And chieftains dropped before his aim Like moths that perish in the flame.
Now farther look, O Monarch, where Those chieftains stand, a glorious pair, Conspicuous for their godlike frames; Dwivid and Mainda are their names.
And various birds that roam the skies, And silvan creatures, met their eyes, As through the wood the chieftains sped, And followed where Sugríva led.
He brings me blessing, and I swore His wife and kingdom to restore: A bond in solemn honour bound When Vánar chieftains stood around.
At every portal, east and west And north and south, the chieftains pressed Each in his post appointed led His myriads in the forest bred.
They slept secure: the sun arose And called the chieftainsfrom repose.
Still we continue to inquire, receiving from him no adequate response, Who were those ancient chieftains and warriors for whom an affectionate people raised those strange tombs?
Here Maesh-kwa-sha-kwong's sons were told that they would be considered as chieftains and that this office would be hereditary and continue in their generations.
It is sufficient for our purpose to say that even the lives of our distinguished native chieftains have come in for a share of modern notice, and, we feel proud to add, of a notice which, so far as it reaches, is worthy of the subject.
One after another of the Irish chieftains rose and declared that such a war could not be sustained.
By the chieftains here Archie, on explaining his mission, was warmly welcomed.
If Ireland again rises, should the other native chieftains determine to make one more effort to drive the English across the channel, be sure that Fergus of Killeen and the men of Donegal will be in the front of the battle.
His arms divine the Dardan chieftains knew, And heard the quiver rattle in his flight.
Thorbiorn, my son's slayer, has mocked me once; shall he mock me again where all the chieftains are assembled?
In the old ballads and poems of the Gaelic Highlands there are mythical heroes in abundance, such as Fingal and Ossian, Comala, and a host of shadowy chieftains and warriors, but they are not distinctively Scotch.
All the princes and greatchieftains and warriors of the kingdom were gathered there.
Ere the wedding guests departed from Virata, after merrymaking and song and dance, the elders and princes and chieftains assembled in the council chamber.
Nor did he cease to play then, despite the advice offered him by the chieftains who were there.
Should he call many chieftains to his aid and wage war to punish his ancient foes?
All the sages and chieftains favoured the choice of Rama, and the heart of Dasaratha was filled with joy.
Then Arjuna's fearless son, the slayer of Lakshmana, with twelve brave chieftainsshattered the Kaurava hosts and rescued Bhima and Drupada from the surging warriors who thirsted for their blood.
When she stood before the elders and the chieftains in the pavilion she cried: “Forgive me because that I have come hither in this unseemly plight.
Went up to the islet all the chieftains with a large company of men, and spied they thence that a many ships were sailing together out at sea.
Thus saith Thiodolf: 'Where Eilif was, Alike they acted, Those chieftains twain In wedge-like phalanx.
The Irish chieftains and nobles responded, and by means of various concessions Richard was enabled to return to England with at least a remnant of his army.
The Earls of Kildare and Desmond, however, came to Richard's aid, and they speedily secured the allegiance of the principal chieftains in Leinster and Munster.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chieftains" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
