Crossword-Solution: TANISTS
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TANISTS | anagram | STATINS |
We have 1 clue for the answer “TANISTS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Elected heirs of Celtic chiefs. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with TANISTS (3)
With equal promptitude he marched through every territory of Ulster, securing, by the pledges of their heirs and _Tanists_, the chiefs of the elder tribes of the Hy-Nial.
The chieftains and the tanists, though drawn from the principal families, were not hereditary, but were established by election, or, more properly speaking, by force and violence.
The tanists or heirs of the northern and southern Hy Neill having died, the throne fell to Maelsechlainn II., of the Cland Colmáin, the last of the Hy Neill who was undisputed king of Ireland.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1965).