Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Irish territorial division, or an association of persons. See the quotation.
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- noun historical A tribe or group of people in Ireland, having a loose voluntary system of
governance entered into throughcontracts byall members.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The portion of territory ruled over by a sub-king was called tuath (too-a) and contained within it, at all events in later times, members of different descents.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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“Cruithen” is recognisably the Irish word “Cruithne” and “tuaith” is from the Irish “tuath” meaning a people or tribe and their territory.
Archive 2007-12-01 Carla 2007
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“Cruithen” is recognisably the Irish word “Cruithne” and “tuaith” is from the Irish “tuath” meaning a people or tribe and their territory.
The Picts (or Cruithne, or Albans): What's in a name? Carla 2007
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The tribe or tuath was governed by its own chief or king (Ri or Toisech); each province or Mor
An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait
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The chief, both of the tuath and the sept, was elected by the tribe or clansmen.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The modern Celtic form is the Irish tuath, in ancient Celtic it must have been teuta, touta, of which we actually have the adjective toutius in the Gaulish inscription of Nismes.
Celtic Literature Matthew Arnold 1855
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"To use Anglic names, I was born on the planet Woden, although my haizark'tribe? community? tuath?
The Game Of Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1985
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