Home › Words › T › tanistshiptanistshiptanistship means the role or status of a tanist.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tanistship ranks #40,766 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom tanist + -ship.nounThe role or status of a tanist.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).