tanistry
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tanistry
Example Sentences
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It is known that it existed previous to the conversion of Ireland to Christianity, and that the laws of tanistry and of gavelkind, the customs of gossipred and of fostering, were of pagan origin.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.
This custom of tanistry applied at first probably to the selection of the successors of a r�g, but was gradually so extended that even a b�-aire had a tanist.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
Freehold and leasehold, primogeniture and entail, took the place of tribal ownership and tanistry.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin
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 succession to every degree of sovereignty was regulated by the law of tanistry, which limited heredity right to the family but not to the individual....
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
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