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Definition of Clanship
1. n. A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.
Definition of Clanship
1. Noun. The state of being united together, as if in a clan; an association under a chieftain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clanship
1. a feeling of loyalty to a clan [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clanship
Literary usage of Clanship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments by Sir John Scott Keltie, John Wilson, Thomas Maclauchlan (1875)
"The border clans, however, were at a comparatively early period broken up and
weaned from their predatory and warlike habits, whereas the system of clanship ..."
2. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban by William Forbes Skene (1880)
"clanship THOSE influences which led to the Tuath with its ... and neither affected
the Gaelic population nor the institution of clanship among them. ..."
3. A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans by James Browne (1849)
"... power—System of clanship—Military ranks of the Clans—Fiery-cross—War
cry—Omens—Hunting provision—Numerical strength of the Clans—Remarkable succession ..."
4. A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans by James Browne (1838)
"Consequences of the removal of the seat of Government—Institution of Chiefs—Their
great power—System of clanship—Military ranks of the Clans—Fiery-cross—War ..."
5. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"... they have never created anything in the political world, which they can call
distinctively their own, higher than the personal clanship. ..."
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