tanistry
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tanistry
Example Sentences
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Freehold and leasehold, primogeniture and entail, took the place of tribal ownership and tanistry.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
The “joint and undivided family” and the formation of “joint families,” or gilds, was one way of obviating this result; another way was the custom of tanistry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
The law of succession, called tanaisteacht, or tanistry, is one of the most peculiar of the Brehon laws.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
The customs of "gavelkinde" and "tanistry" were attended with the same absurdity in the distribution of property.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume
On the other side was tribalism, with its tie of original kinship instead of territorial subordination; its tanistry; its Brehon law.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
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