Lexicographical Neighbors of Toshach
Literary usage of Toshach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Essays in Connexion with the Land, the Church, &c. by Eben William Robertson (1872)
"THE toshach AND THE THANE. ELECTION, division of lands, and other early customs,
once widely prevalent amongst Teutonic and Slavonic races, ..."
2. A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments by Sir John Scott Keltie, John Wilson, Thomas Maclauchlan (1875)
"The toshach, military leader, or captain of the clan, certainly appears to ...
The toshach's duties were strictly military, he having nothing to do with the ..."
3. Genealogical Collections Concerning Families in Scotland by Walter Macfarlane (1900)
"For his father, though honoured with the title of Earl, was vulgarly designated
by the common people, toshach, that is, Thane. Thane was a title of honour ..."
4. The Genealogist (1881)
"Andrew in 1618 designed brother german of Sir James father ; is perhaps the Duncan
who was wounded in 1618, when his nephew toshach was killed. ..."
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