According to oral traditions recorded by missionaries in the 1860s, the island originally had a strong class system, with an ariki, high chief, wielding great power over nine other clans and their respective chiefs.

I didn't know the French for 'keep stumm' but had no difficulty in convincing him that the less we said to our respective chiefs about our little tricks the better.

The committee includes key senior cabinet ministers as well as the respective military chiefs of staff.

The Istimrari chieftains paid tribute to their masters but were not compelled to participate in wars unless called upon by their respective chiefs.

The three services have their own respective professional chiefs: the First Sea Lord, the Chief of the General Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff.

He also provided a very detailed overview of towns and villages in Montenegro and northern Albania; their respective chiefs and men in arms, as well as demographics.

This woman is not necessarily the respective chief's mother.

Abraham Lincoln himself comes to New Mexico to discuss living together in peace with Acoma, a feared and respective Indian chief.

The only senior federal officials exempted under the bill are the president, the vice president, and their respective chiefs of staff.

By 1219, the limitations of space on the hilltop site had become cause for concern, with the cathedral and castle in close proximity and their respective chiefs in regular conflict.