Definitions for tanistry
tanist·ry

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tanistrynoun

   A former form of tenure, in Scotland and Ireland, in which land was held for life and then passed to an elected member of the same family

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tanistrynoun

   The Irish hold their lands by tanistry, which is no more than a personal estate for his life-time that is tanist, by reason he is admitted thereunto by election. Edmund Spenser on Ireland.

   Etymology: from tanish.

   If the Irish be not permitted to purchase estates of freeholds, which might descend to their children, must they not continue their custom of tanistry? which makes all their possessions uncertain. John Davies, on Ireland.

   By the Irish custom of tanistry, the chieftains of every country, and the chief of every sept, had no longer estate than for life in their chieferies; and when their chieftains were dead, their sons, or next heirs, did not succeed them, but their tanists, who were elective, and purchased their elections by strong hand. John Davies, on Ireland.

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1. Tanistry

   Tanistry is a Gaelic system for passing on titles and lands. In this system the Tanist (Irish: Tánaiste; Scottish Gaelic: Tànaiste; Manx: Tanishtey) is the office of heir-apparent, or second-in-command, among the (royal) Gaelic patrilineal dynasties of Ireland, Scotland and Mann, to succeed to the chieftainship or to the kingship. The word is preserved in the Republic of Ireland's government, where the prime minister is the Taoiseach while the deputy prime minister is the Tánaiste.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tanistrynoun

   in Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election

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1. Tanistry

   Tanistry was a Gaelic system for passing on titles and lands. In this system the Tanist was the office of heir-apparent, or second-in-command, among the Gaelic patrilineal dynasties of Ireland, Scotland and Man, to succeed to the chieftainship or to the kingship.

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1. Tanistry

   a method of tenure which prevailed among the Gaelic Celts; according to this custom succession, whether in office or land, was determined by the family as a whole, who on the death of one holder elected another from its number; the practice was designed probably to prevent family estates falling into the hands of an incompetent or worthless heir.

How to pronounce tanistry?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tanistry in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tanistry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tanistry
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tanistry
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanistry
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tanistry
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tanistry
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Tanistry