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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tanistry'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tanistry.html. 1828.
 
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