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Definition: TANISTRY |
TANISTRYNoun1. In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election. |
Note: Tanistry \Tan"ist*ry\, noun. [See Tanist.]. (Websters 1913) |
"TANISTRY" is a common misspelling or typo for: dentistry, transitory. |
Crosswords: TANISTRY |
| English words defined with "TANISTRY": Tanist. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
He held office for life and was required by custom to be of full age, in possession of all his faculties and without any remarkable blemish of mind or body. At the same time, and subject to the same conditions, a tanist or next heir to the chieftaincy was elected, who if the king died or became disqualified, at once became king. Usually the king's son became tanist, but not because the system of primogeniture was in any way recognized; indeed, the only principle adopted was that the dignity of chieftainship should descend to the eldest and most worthy of the same blood.
These epithets, as Hallam says, were not necessarily synonymous, but merely indicated that the preference given to seniority was to be controlled by a due regard to desert (Consul. Hist., vol. iii. c. xviii.). This system of succession left the headship open to the ambitious, and was a frequent source of strife both in families andbetween the clans. Tanistry was abolished by a legal decision in the reign of James I and the English land system substituted.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tanistry."
| "TANISTRY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TANISTRY" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "TANISTRY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Manx | tanishtagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anistrytay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "TANISTRY" (pronounced 'Tan"ist*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry, Alveary, Alveolary, Amatory, Ambagitory, Ambry, Amburry, Amendatory, Amphigory, Amplificatory, Anabaptistry, Ancestry, Ancientry, Ancillary, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Angry, Annihilatory, Annotatory, Annuary, Annularry, Annulary, Annunciatory, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Anticipatory, Antidotary, Antimasonry, Antiphonary, Anury, Apiary, Apomecometry, Apothecary, Appellatory, Applicatory, Apprecatory, Appreciatory, Approbatory, Aratory, Arbitrary, Arborary, Archdeaconry, Areometry, Argentry, Armamentary, Armillary, Armory, Arrectary, Artistry, Aspiratory, Assentatory, Assertory, Asseveratory, Assimilatory, Astrictory, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Atrabiliary, Attry, Auctary, Auctionary, Augury, Aumbry, Aumery, Auncetry, Auscultatory, Autolatry, Auxiliatory, Aviary, Avowry, Avowtry, Aweary, Awry, Axillary, Babblery, Baboonery, Bachelry, Baculometry, Balladry, Ballatry, Balloonry, Balneary, Balneatory, Baneberry, Baptisteries, Baptistery, Baptistry, Barbary, Barberry, Barometry, Barratry, Barry, Basketry, Bathymetry, Bawdry, Beadlery, Bearberry, Bedelry, Belfry, Benedictionary, Benedictory, Bestiary, Bibitory, Bibliolatry, Bibliothecary, Bicentenary, Bigotry, Bijoutry, Bilberry, Biliary, Biochemistry, Biometry, Bistoury, Blackberry, Blaeberry, Blazonry, Bleaberry, Blindstory, Blomary, Bloomary, Blueberry, Blurry, Bob-cherry, Bogberry, Boilary, Bombastry, Bonitary, Bottomry, BOUNDARY, Boxberry, Breviary, Brothelry, Bummery, Bunchberry, Burglary, Bursary, Cachinnatory, Caducary, Calcinatory, Calculatory, Calendary, Calorimetry, Calumniatory, Calvary, Cambistry, Camelry, Cannonry, Canonry, Cantatory, Caperberry, Captainry, Caravansary, Cardioinhibitory, Cardiometry, Carnary, Carpellary, Carpentry, Cartulary, Cassioberry, Cassowary, Castlery, Casuistry, Category, Cautionary, Cautionry, Cavalry, Cavitary, Cedry, Cementatory, Cenatory, Centaury, Centry, Century, Cephalometry, Cessionary, Chandry, Chantry, Chapelry, Charlatanry, Charry, Chartulary, Cheerry, Chiccory, Chicory, Chivalry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Chokeberry, Chokecherry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chowry, Chrismatory, Chronometry, Chylificatory, Ciliary, Cinerary, Circulary, Circumgyratory, Circumlocutory, Citatory, Classificatory, Clerstory, Clinometry, Cloudberry, Coagulatory, Cochleary, Codicillary, Collegatary, Collusory, Collutory, Colorimetry, Columbary, Cometary, Comicry, Commandatory, Commandry, Commemoratory, Commendatary, Commentary, Comminatory, Commissary, Commonitory, Communicatory, Compellatory, Compensatory, Competitory, Complexionary, Complimentary, Compulsatory, Compulsory, Comradery, Concessionary, Concessory, Conchometry, Conchyliometry, Conciliatory, Concionatory, Conclusory, Concretionary, Condemnatory, Conditory, Condolatory, Conductory, Confabulatory, Confectory, Confessary, Confirmatory, Confiscatory, Congiary, Congratulatory, Conjury, Consecratory, Consignatary, Consignatory, Constabulatory, Consuetudinary, Consulary, Consultary, Consultatory, Contrarry, Contributary, Controversary, Conventionary, Coparcenary, Coplatry, Coquetry, Corollary, Correctory, Corrivalry, Corroboratory, Corrobory, Cosmolatry, Cosmometry, Costmary, Cottonary, Cotyledonary, Counterfleury, Counterflory, Cousinry, Coventry, Cowberry, Cowries, Cowry, Coxcombry, Cranberry, Craniometry, Criminatory, Crinatory, Crinitory, Crociary, Crowberry, Crystallometry, Cubatory, Cuckoldry, Culinary, Culpatory, Cursorary, Cursory, Cussuetudinary, Custumary, Cyclometry, Cymry, Dairy, Damnatory, Dangleberry, Dare-deviltry, Datary, Deaconry, Decennary, Deceptory, Decisory, Declamatory, Declaratory, Declinatory, Decretory, Decry, Decury, Deerberry, Defamatory, Defensory, Defiatory, Deglutitory, Dehortatory, Dejectory, Delegatory, Deletory, Delineatory, Delusory, Demissionary, Demonolatry, Demonry, Demonstratory, Dentary, Dentistry, Denunciatory, Dephlegmatory, Depilatory, Depletory, Depositary, Depository, Deprecatory, Depreciatory, Depredatory, Depulsory, Depuratory, Depurgatory. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-r-s-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: transit, tyrants, yttrias. | |
-2 letters: artist, instar, sanity, santir, satiny, strain, strait, strati, taints, tanist, titans, trains, traits, tyrant, yttria. | |
-3 letters: airns, airts, antis, antsy, artsy, astir, ayins, naris, nasty, natty, nitty, rains, rainy, ranis, rants, ratty, riant, saint, sarin, satin, satyr, sitar, stain, stair, start, stint, stray, stria, tains, taint, tansy, tarns, tarsi, tarts, tarty, tasty, tints, titan, train, trait, trans, trays, tryst, yarns. | |
-4 letters: ains, airn, airs, airt, airy, aits, anis, anti, ants, arts, arty, ayin, nary, nays, nits, rain, rani, rant, rats, rays, rias, rins, ryas, sain, sari, sati, snit, star, stat, stay, stir, tain, tans, tarn, tars, tart, tats, tins, tint, tiny, tits, tray, tsar, tyin, yarn, yins. | |
-5 letters: ain, air, ais, ait, ani, ant, any, ars, art, att, ays, ins, its, nay, nit, ran, ras, rat, ray, ria, rin, rya, sat, say, sin, sir, sit, sri, sty, syn, tan, tar, tas, tat, tin, tis, tit, try, yar, yin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-r-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: antistory. | |
+2 letters: stationary, stationery, transitory. | |
+3 letters: startlingly, stratifying, tapestrying, transiently, travestying, tryptamines. | |
+4 letters: antihysteric, antipyretics, antiroyalist, astringently, attorneyship, scatteringly, shatteringly, transitively, transitivity, transitorily, voluntaryist. | |
+5 letters: anfractuosity, antihysterics, antiroyalists, antisymmetric, attorneyships, contrastively, crystallinity, distractingly, frustratingly, geostationary, interstratify, investigatory, nonstationary, parasynthetic, sacrosanctity, sinterability, tetracyclines, voluntaryists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 41 4E 49 53 54 52 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- -. .. ... - .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01000001 01001110 01001001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T A N I S T R Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0041 004E 0049 0053 0054 0052 0059 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5435484353545259 |
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