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flaith Irish Hist.|flɑː| [Irish.] The chief of an ancient family or fine.
1861E. O'Currry Lect. MS. Materials Anc. Ir. Hist. ix. 202 The hereditary proprietors, the Flaiths (pronounced ‘flahs’), or landlords. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 799/2 An aire whose family held the same land for three generations was called a flaith. Ibid. 800/1 The rank of a flaith depended upon the number of his ceiles. 1898J. Heron Celtic Ch. 15 The ‘nobles’ or ‘flaiths’ possessed not only cattle but deis. |