D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tanistry

· Tan·ist·ry · IPA /ˈtæ.nɪ.stɹi/
01 n. In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.
  1. 1.
    In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.