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How to use tanist in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word tanist? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
The chief usually named the tanist while he was living, and the individual bore the title during the remaining lifetime of the chief.
While it was not the rule for the king to be killed by his tanist, it was not uncommon either.
Following the tanist in the hierarchy of the clan is the commander or military leader.
The tanist shall receive the ancient and honorable coronet of the Principality according to the traditions of the Principality.
When the chieftain or king died, his tanist would automatically succeed him.
Sometimes there would be more than one tanist at a time and they would succeed each other in order of seniority.
Examples from Classical Literature
Other monoliths are probably the tanist Stones, where the new chief or king was elected, and sworn to protect and lead his people.
The use of the tanist Stone is, like so many other primitive customs, of Eastern origin, and traceable to a very remote era.
This story must have been an after-thought, to account for what we may suppose to have been a prehistoric tanist stone.
To avert strife his tanist, or successor, was elected in his lifetime.
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