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Meaning of 'tanistry' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tanistry [ n.]
- In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.

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tan tana tanager tanagrine tanagroid tanate tandem tang tangalung tanged

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