Usually means: Hereditary succession by elected heir.
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  1. tanistry: Merriam-Webster
  2. tanistry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tanistry: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tanistry: Wordnik
  5. tanistry: Wiktionary
  6. tanistry: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. tanistry: Dictionary.com
  8. Tanistry: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Tanistry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. tanistry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Tanistry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. tanistry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. tanistry: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tanistry: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. tanistry: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tanistry)

noun:  (historical) A form of tenure, in ancient Scotland and Ireland, whereby succession was passed to an elected member of the same extended family.

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