Definition of Derbfine. Meaning of Derbfine. Synonyms of Derbfine

- The derbfine (English: /ˌdɛrɪˈviːni/ DERR-iv-EE-nee; Irish: dearbhfhine [ˌdʲaɾˠəˈvʲɪnʲə], from derb 'real' + fine 'group of persons of the same family...
- estimated to be tens of thousands of years. Agnatic seniority Cadet branch Derbfine Family name Historical inheritance systems Hypodescent Hyperdescent Matrilineality...
- Ireland, with its electoral system limited to the senior sept's members (see derbfine), which collapsed after the Tudor Conquest in the 16th century. The Irish...
- person of his family in Ireland. Chiefs were elected from their clan's "Derbfine", a group of cousins who were all at least the great-grandsons of former...
- succeed him. The tanist had to share the same derbfine and he was elected by other members of the derbfine. Tanistry meant that the kingship usually went...
- stated: The king was elected by the tuath from within a royal kin group (the derbfine), which carried the hereditary priestly function. Politically, however...
- family and that the marriage brought Groa's descendants within the Celtic derbfine and helped to legitimise their ambitions on the north mainland of Scotland...
- that the Cruthin bore Irish names, spoke Irish and followed the Irish derbfine system of inheritance rather than the matrilineal system sometimes attributed...
- Irish Celtic kinship groups List of Irish clans Irish genealogy Tanistry Derbfine Sept Ranks Chief of the Name Flaith Tigerna Petty kingdom Incorporeal hereditament...
- of a sept or clan was elected from a small noble lineage group called a derbfine. This often caused violence between rival candidates. However, under Henry...