appanage
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He had put from him the dream of love and happiness, while love and happiness were the just appanage of his years; his ambitious plans left him no time to indulge in dreaming.
From No Surrender by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
Although the hereditary title of Count was the appanage of this rank, he never took it up.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith
In 1237 Artois, which was raised to a countship the following year, was conferred as an appanage by Saint Louis on his brother 699 Robert, who died on crusade in 1250.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
His glory is the property of no party or opinion; it is the appanage and inheritance of all.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith
Men had no desire to see the English Crown become an appanage for the heir to the French monarchy.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
