Sentence examples for The chiefly from inspiring English sources

The chiefly office was hereditary and could be held by women as well as men.

The chiefly clans in some cases claimed their position by virtue of ancient military conquest and in others by virtue of being the first to occupy the land.

The chiefly black South Side of Chicago is in a Depression.

Polygyny is restricted to the chiefly and wealthy classes.

In Samoa, where the holder of the chiefly title Malietoa had embraced Christianity from Tahitian missionaries, heretical movements arose.

Rosenstein said that the largely female audience attracted to figure skating set it apart from the chiefly male demographic sought by the other upstart channels.

Mucous membrane, membrane lining body cavities and canals that lead to the outside, chiefly the respiratory, digestive, and urogenital tracts.

Additional endocrine cell types in the islets, chiefly the glucagon-secreting alpha-cells, also influence islet function.

The idea is that the loophole chiefly benefited the wealthy.

Mr. Gonzales had his defenders at the White House, chiefly Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser.

But the answer chiefly lies within the experience of the buildings themselves.