Tanist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtænɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tanist is a noun meaning (historical) The heir presumptive to the chieftainship or kingship of a Celtic clan in ancient Ireland, Scotland or Mann.
Meaning
(historical) The heir presumptive to the chieftainship or kingship of a Celtic clan in ancient Ireland, Scotland or Mann.
Example Sentences
In 1570 Dermot died at 'his own house' of Castle Inch. His brother and tanist, Cormac Mac Teige (fourteenth Lord), succeeded him (Ó Murchadha, p. 16).
Lover, for her love he prowled with colonel Richard Burke, tanist of his sept, under the walls of Clerkenwell and, crouching, saw a flame of vengeance hurl them upward in the fog.
As a result of the universal introduction of the English common law, therefore, the original tanist acquired a common law title to the disputed land 'without grant or confirmation of the conqueror'.
Word Forms
- tanists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include taoiseach, tanistry, ogtiern, clan, master, undertaker.
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