Usually means: Heir appointed by Celtic custom.
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  12. tanist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  14. tanist: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. Tanist: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
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▸ noun:  (historical) The heir presumptive to the chieftainship or kingship of a Celtic clan in ancient Ireland, Scotland or Mann.

Similar:
Taoiseach, tanistry, ogtiern, clan, master, undertaker, sennachie, seannachie, seannachy, laird, more...

Opposite:
primogeniture, patrilineality, agnatic succession
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Similar:
Taoiseach, tanistry, ogtiern, clan, master, undertaker, sennachie, seannachie, seannachy, laird, more...

Opposite:
primogeniture, patrilineality, agnatic succession



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