单词 | destool |
释义 | destool, v.|diːˈstuːl| [f. de- II. 2 + stool n.] trans. To remove (an African tribal chief) from authority. Cf. stool n. 1 e. Hence deˈstoolment.
1929R. S. Rattray Ashanti Law & Const. 82 Failure to accept such guidance and advice was a legitimate cause for destoolment. Ibid. 83 The person of a Chief was..invested with sanctity, just so long as he sat upon the Stool of his dead ancestors. This is the reason why there was a reaction the moment a Chief was destooled. 1962Economist 15 Sept. 998/2 Assassination is a deplorable way of destooling a chief. |

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