Definitions for tanist

tanist tan·ist

Spelling: [tan-ist, thaw-nist]
IPA: /ˈtæn ɪst, ˈθɔ nɪst/

Tanist is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in tanist (ainstt).

Definitions for tanist

noun

  1. the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.

Origin of tanist

First recorded in 1530-40, tanist is from the Irish word tánaiste second, substitute, heir by election

Examples for tanist

Very often the sons refused to accept the tanist, and bloody quarrels followed.

Other monoliths are probably the tanist Stones, where the new chief or king was elected, and sworn to protect and lead his people.

This story must have been an after-thought, to account for what we may suppose to have been a prehistoric tanist stone.

The "tanist" stood next to the chief, and was his successor.

To avert strife his tanist, or successor, was elected in his lifetime.

The use of the tanist Stone is, like so many other primitive customs, of Eastern origin, and traceable to a very remote era.

Ultramon′tanism, ultramontane or extreme views as to the Pope's rights; Ultramon′tanist, one who holds to ultramontanism.

Bo-aires of this class, to avoid the gavelling of their property, elected a tanist—the Tanaise Bo-aire.

Word Value for tanist
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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