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Manist vs Tanist - What's the difference?

manist | tanist |

As nouns the difference between manist and tanist

is that manist is ancestor-worshipper while tanist is the heir presumptive to a celtic clan.

manist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • ancestor-worshipper

    • Related terms

    * manism

    tanist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The heir presumptive to a Celtic clan.
  • * 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses
    • Lover, for her love he prowled with colonel Richard Burke, tanist of his sept, under the walls of Clerkenwell and, crouching, saw a flame of vengeance hurl them upward in the fog.

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