tanist / ˈtæn ɪst, ˈθɔ nɪst /

⚽高中词汇晒图者箪食壶浆箪食壶浆者箪食壶浆派

tanist 的定义

n. 名词 noun

History/Historical.

  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.

更多tanist例句

  1. This story must have been an after-thought, to account for what we may suppose to have been a prehistoric Tanist stone.
  2. Ultramon′tanism, ultramontane or extreme views as to the Pope's rights; Ultramon′tanist, one who holds to ultramontanism.
  3. The "tanist" stood next to the chief, and was his successor.
  4. To avert strife his tanist, or successor, was elected in his lifetime.
  5. Very often the sons refused to accept the tanist, and bloody quarrels followed.