tanistry

是什么意思
  • n. (爱尔兰)凯尔特族酋长继承人 (tanist的变形)

英英释义

Tanistry

  • Tanistry was a Gaelic system for passing on titles and lands. In this system the Tanist (; ; ) was the office of heir-apparent, or second-in-command, among the (royal) Gaelic patrilineal dynasties of Ireland, Scotland and Man, to succeed to the chieftainship or to the kingship.

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Irish nobility
The Bishop's Heir
Tanistry
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`Since Time Immemorial': A Story of Common Law Jurisdiction, Native Title and the Case of Tanistry
Tanistry, the "Due of Birth"and Macbeth's Sin
The Law of the Throne: Tanistry and the Introduction of the Law of Primogeniture: A Note on the Succession of the Kings of Scotland ...
Fletcher Tanistry
Customs in conflict [microform]: sir John Davies, the common law, and the abrogation of Irish gavelkind and tanistry